Tongguan Chinese hamburger is a convenient food trademark held by Tongguan Chinese hamburger association.

Trademark dispute

From June 5438 to February 2020, Tongguan Chinese hamburger association entrusted a law firm in Beijing to do national trademark rights protection. I hope all the merchants who make "Tongguan Chinese hamburger" can join the association and develop together.

Starting from 202 1,1,2 1, many bosses in Zhengzhou, Luoyang, Jiaozuo and other cities in Henan reported to reporters that snack bars with the words "Tongguan" were accused of infringement. Merchants said that it was an organization in Shaanxi called Tongguan Chinese Bun Association that asked them to pay compensation ranging from 30,000 yuan to 50,000 yuan. If they want to continue to use the trademark "Tongguan Chinese hamburger", they need to pay 99,800 yuan.

The staff of the Tongguan County Bureau of Commerce in Shaanxi responded that this matter has a wide impact and has attracted attention. Relevant leaders of Tongguan county government are meeting and negotiating with the staff of Tongguan Chinese Chinese Bun Association.

202 1,110/October, the hot trademark infringement incident of "Tongguan roujiamo" contacted China National Intellectual Property Administration, and the relevant person in charge said that he had paid attention to the trademark infringement incident and was studying it.

On October 26th, 20021165438+/kloc-0, China National Intellectual Property Administration pointed out that "Tongguan roujiamo" is a geographical indication registered as a collective trademark, and its registrant has no right to license the collective trademark of the geographical indication to the merchants outside the specific area of Tongguan and collect the joining fee. At the same time, there is no right to prohibit businesses in specific areas of Tongguan from properly using geographical names in collective trademarks of geographical indications.