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Use is of great importance to trademark as a non- distinctive trademark would become distinctive and registrable through use;a registered trademark plays a role to indicate sources of goods or service only through the use thereof,with its reputation enhanced or itself established as a well-known mark;a registered trademark the use of which has ceased for three consecutive years would be cancelled. It is thus shown that the use of a trademark is the most important way to create,maintain or increase the value of a mark.However,in the current Chinese Trademark Law,there has not been set forth any provision on what the use of a mark is all about.In Article 3 of the Trademark Law as of 2002 are only numerated the ways a mark is used,including
Use is of great importance to trademark as a non- distinctive trademark would become distinctive and registrable through use; a registered trademark plays a role to indicate sources of goods or service only through the use thereof, with its reputation enhanced or itself established as a well -known mark; a registered trademark the use of which has ceased for three consecutive years would be canceled. It is thus shown that the use of a trademark is the most important way to create, maintain or increase the value of a mark. However, in the current Chinese Trademark Law, there has not been set forth any provision on what the use of a mark is all about. Article 3 of the Trademark Law as of 2002 are only numerated the ways a mark is used, including