我国商标注册共存协议研究

共存协议是实现商标共存的途径之一,对于商标权人维护各自权益以及促使双方共同采取手段以避免消费者混淆具有重大意义。但实践中共存协议可注册性的判断没有统一的审查标准,不仅不利于维护知识产权“法定主义”的权威性,也破坏了知识产权司法的严肃性,有必要统一共存协议的审查规则。共存协议具有私权属性且本质上也是合同,只要不违反公共利益以及存在合同无效的情形时,共存协议就应当受尊重。

Research on Trademark Registration Coexistence Agreement in China

The coexistence agreement is one of the ways to achieve trademark coexistence.It is of great significance for trademark owners to protect their own rights and interests and to urge both parties to take measures to avoid consumer confusion.However,in practice,there is no unified examination standard for the judgment of registrability,which is not conducive to maintaining the authority of"legality"of intellectual property,but also undermines the seriousness of intellectual property justice.It is necessary to unify the review rules of coexistence agreement.The coexistence agreement has the attribute of private right and is also a contract in essence.As long as it does not violate the public interest and the contract is invalid,the coexistence agreement should be respected.