On January 4, China Trademark Office announced the newly revised "Trademark Examination and Review Standards”on its official website.

The new "Standards" incorporate new contents such as examination standards of sound marks, application of Notice of Examiner’s Opinion, application standards of Paragraph 4 of Article 19, Article 50, and Paragraph 2 of Article 15, standards for determination of interested parties, as well as partial adjustment to the original standards of Article 10.