关于未注册商标法律保护的探讨

我国对商标注册实行自愿注册为主、强制注册为辅的注册原则，只有经过注册的商标才能取得商标权。《商标法》考虑了未注册商标权利人的正当权益，但立法对未注册商标保护还存在着不完善之处。在未来的立法中应当扩大《商标法》的范围，对未注册商标予直接的保护，赋予未注册商标使用人在1年内优先申请商标注册的权利，规定未注册商标人的继续使用权利，赋予商标局在审查注册申请阶段和核准商标转让阶段，主动驳回商标恶意注册或者商标转让申请的职权。

Legal Protection of the Unregistered Trademarks

China＇s trademark registration carries out the principle of ＂voluntary registration first, compulsory registration second＂. The holders will obtain the trademark right only after the trademarks are registered. Trademark Law takes the legitimate rights of the holders of the unregistered trademark into consideration, but the legislation on the protection of unregistered trademarks is still imperfect. Legislation in the future should expand the scope of Trademark Law. The unregistered trademark should be protected directly, and priority right to apply for trademark registration in one year should be given to the holders of unregistered trademarks. So are the rights of continuous use of the trademarks. Besides, the Trade Mark Office should be endowed with the authority to reject the registration of the trademarks and the application for the assignment of a registered trademark in bad faith initiatively during the stage of the examination of the application for registration and the approval of the assignment of a registered trademark.