注册德国商标注重品牌保护

　　德国商标主管机关德国专利局德国商标注册申请资格根据德国商标法，商标注册申请人可以是任何国家或地区的企业、事业单位、社会团体、工商业者、或自然人。德国商标注册保护对象文字，字母，数字，图形，音响，立体等。商标不经注册不能受到保护。商标图样申请时必须提供希望受到保护的图样。文字商标中的字体如果不是专利局通用的，如图形化设计的商标，或组合商标和指定颜色的商标，必须提供四份图样。如果需要颜色保护，在申请中必须指明颜色。

　　德国不允许把履行商标注册手续当作一种垄断商标权的手段，即允许只注册不使用。在注册后连续五年未在贸易活动中使用则将其注册商标撤销。不过，专利商标局并不主动检查商标是否使用，也不会主动去撤销未使用的注册商标。仅在第三者以未使用为理由对商标的有效性提出争议时才检查是否使用，决定是否予以撤销。

　　德国于1979年以后对服务商标予以注册保护。另外对证明商标也提供注册保护。

德国在商标国际保护方面参加了《商标国际注册马德里协定》、《制裁商品来源的虚假或欺骗性标志的马德里协定》、《保护产地名称及其国际注册里斯本协定》和《尼斯协定》等国际公约。

German Trademark Office German Patent Office German Trademark Registration Qualification According to German Trademark Law, trademark registration applicants may be enterprises, institutions, social organizations, industrial and commercial persons or natural persons in any country or region. German trademark registration protection object text, letters, numbers, graphics, sound, stereo, etc. Trademarks cannot be protected without registration. When applying for trademark pattern, it is necessary to provide a pattern that wishes to be protected. If the font in the text trademark is not commonly used by the Patent Office, such as a graphic design trademark, or a combination trademark and a specified color trademark, four drawings must be provided. If color protection is needed, color must be specified in the application.

Germany does not allow the performance of trademark registration procedures as a means of monopolizing trademark rights, that is, allowing only registration without use. The registered trademark is revoked if it is not used in trade activities for five consecutive years after registration. However, the Patent and Trademark Office does not take the initiative to check whether the trademark is used, nor does it take the initiative to revoke unused registered trademarks. Only when a third party disputes the validity of the trademark on the grounds of non-use, it checks whether it is used and decides whether to revoke it.

Germany registered and protected service trademarks after 1979. Registered protection is also provided for certification trademarks.

In terms of international trademark protection, Germany has participated in such international conventions as ' Madrid Agreement on International Registration of Trademarks ', ' Madrid Agreement on Sanctions for False or Deceptive Marks of Commodity Origin ', ' Protection of the Name of Origin and Its International Registration Lisbon Agreement ' and ' Niss Agreement '.