Certain Regulations on Prohibiting Unfair Competition activity concerning imitating specific Names, Packaging or Decoration of Well-known Commodities
Article 1 With a view to prohibiting the unfair competition activity concerning imitating the specific names, packaging or decorations of well-known commodities, these Regulations are formulated in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Law of the People's Republic of China for Countering Unfair Competition (hereinafter referred to as the Anti-Unfair Competition Law).
Article 2 The unfair competition activity concerning imitating the specific names, packaging or decoration of well-known commodities refers to the act in violation of the provision of Article 5 (2) of the Anti-Unfair Competition Law of adopting without authorization the same or similar name, packaging or decoration peculiar to a well-known commodity, that causes confusion with the well-known commodity and misleads the purchasers into regarding the imitation as the well-known commodity.
To mislead the purchasers into regarding the imitation as the well-known commodity mentioned in the previous paragraph embraces the meaning of being enough to mislead the purchasers into regarding the imitation as the well-known commodity.
Article 3 A well-known commodity as mentioned in these Regulations refers to a commodity enjoying a certain reputation in the market and well known among the relevant public.
Peculiar to a well-known commodity as mentioned in these Regulations refers to the name, packaging and decoration of a commodity not commonly used by similar commodities and having remarkable distinction.
The name peculiar to a well-known commodity refers to a commodity name exclusively used by a well-known commodity which is strikingly different from other commodity names, unless it has been registered as a trademark.
Packaging as mentioned in these Regulations refers to an auxiliary object or a container for a commodity making the commodity easy to be identified, carried about, stored and transported.
Decoration as mentioned in these Regulations refers to the writing, design, color and their combination attached to a commodity or its packaging so as to identify and beautify the commodity.
Article 4 In case the name, packaging or decoration of a commodity is used by others in the same or a similar way without authorization, and is enough to cause misidentification of the buyers, this commodity can be recognized as a well-known commodity.
The name, packaging and decoration specially owned by a commodity should be determined according to the principle of first use.
Article 5 The use of a name, packaging or decoration similar to which of a well-known commodity can be determined if its main part and impression as a whole is similar to which of a well-known commodity, and ordinary purchasers may mistake the commodity for the well-known one under general attention.
Where there exists mistakenness or confusion, a similarity can be determined.
Article 6 When supervising and examining cases of imitating the name, packaging or decoration specially owned by a well-known commodity, the administrative authorities for industry and commerce at or above county level shall recognize the well-known commodity and its specially owned name, packaging and decoration at the same time.
Article 7 If an operator commits any act listed in Article 2 of these Regulations, the administrative authorities for industry and commerce at or above county level may punish him or her in accordance with the provisions of Item 2 of Article 21 of the Anti-Unfair Competition Law.
Article 8 If an operator commits any of the acts listed in Article 2 of these Regulations, the administrative authorities for industry and commerce shall, apart from punishing him/her according to the provisions of the previous Article, handle the Articles involved in the infringement as follows:
1) Confiscate and destroy or order and supervise the infringer to destroy the infringing packaging and decorations that have not been sold;
2) Order the infringer to get rid of the infringing name, packaging or decoration on the extant commodities;
3) Confiscate the models, printing plates and other relevant apparatus for producing the infringing packaging and decorations; and
4) Where the previous three measures cannot stop the infringement, or the infringing name, packaging or decoration is difficult to separate from the commodity, the infringer shall be ordered to destroy the infringer Articles under supervision.
Article 9 Selling commodities containing specific name, packaging or decoration of a well-known commodity which is known well or ought to be known well by the sellers shall be punished according to the provisions of Articles 7 and 8 of these regulations.
Article 10 In case the specific packing and decoration of a well-known commodity for which the operator has obtained a patent is imitated, the administrative authorities for industry and commerce may punish the infringer in accordance with the Anti-Unfair Competition Law and these Regulations.
Article 11 These Regulations shall go into effect on the day of their promulgation.
(Source: State Administration for Industry and Commerce the People's Republic of China)
中华人民共和国国家工商行政管理局令 （第３３号）
《关于禁止仿冒知名商品特有的名称、包装、装潢的不正当竞争行为的若干规定》，已经国家工商行政管理局局务会议审议通过。现予发布，自发布之日起施行。 局长 王众孚 一九九五年七月 六日 关于禁止仿冒知名商品特有的名称、包装、装潢的 不正当竞争行为的若干规定
第一条 为了制止仿冒知名商品特有的名称、包装、装潢的不 正当竞争行为，根据《中华人民共和国反不正当竞争法》（以下简称《反不正当竞争法》）的有关规定，制定本规定。
第二条 仿冒知名商品特有的名称、包装、装潢的不正当竞争行 为，是指违反《反不正当竞争法》第五条第（二）项规定，擅自将他人知名商品特有的商品名称、包装、装潢作相同或者近似使用，造成与他人的知名商品相混淆， 使购买者误认为是该知名商品的行为。 前款所称使购买者误认为是该知名商品，包括足以使购买者误认为是该知名商品。
第三条 本规定所称知名商品，是指在市场上具有一定知名 度，为相关公众所知悉的商品。 本规定所称特有，是指商品名称、包装、装潢非为相关商品所通用，并具有显著的区别性特征。 本规定所 称知名商品特有的名称，是指知名商品独有的与通用名称有显著区别的商品名称。但该名称已经作为商标注册的除外。 本规定所称包装，是指为识别商 品以及方便携带、储运而使用在商品上的辅助物和容器。 本规定所称装潢，是指为误别与美化商品而在商品或者其包装上附加的文字、图案、色彩及其 排列组合。
第四条 商品名称、 包装、装潢被他人擅自作相同或者近似使用，足以造成购买者误认的，该商品即可认定为知名商品。 特有的商品名称、包装、装潢应当依照使用在先的 原则予以认定。
第五条 对使用 与知名商品近似的名称、包装、装潢，可以根据主要部分和整体印象相近，一般购买者施以普通注意力会发生误认等综合分析认定。 一般购买者已经发 生误认或者混淆的，可以认定为近似。
第六条 县级以上工商行政管理机关在监督检查仿冒知名商品特有的名称、包装、装潢的不正当竞争行为时，对知名商品和特有的名称、包装、装潢一并予以认定。
第七条 经营者有本规定第二条所列行为的，县级以上工商行 政管理机关可以依据《反不正当竞争法》第二十一条第二款的规定对其进行处罚。
第八条 经营者有本规定第二条所列行为的，工商行政管理机关除依前条规定予以处罚外，对侵权 物品可作如下处理： （一）收缴并销毁或者责令并监督侵权人销毁尚未使用的侵权的包装和装潢； （二）责令并监督侵权人消除现存商品 上侵权的商品名称、包装和装潢； （三）收缴直接专门用于印制侵权的商品包装和装潢的模具、印板和其他作案工具； （四）采取前三项 措施不足以制止侵权行为的，或者侵权的商品名称、包装和装潢与商品难以分离的，责令并监督侵权人销毁侵权物品。
第九条 销售明知或者应知是仿冒知名商品特有的名称、包装、 装潢的商品的，比照本规定第七条、第八条的规定予以处罚。
第十条 知名商品经营者已经取得专利的知名商品特有的包装、装潢被仿冒的，工商行政管理机关可以依据《反不正当竞争法》及本规定 对侵权人予以处罚。
第十一条 本规定自发布之日起施行。
发布部门：国家工商行政管理总局 发布日期：1995年07月06日 实施日期：1995年07月06日 (中央 法规)