In the process of development, an enterprise often uses multiple entity names. In the same period, multiple subsidiaries may be established according to the type of business and the division of operations. In the process of applying for trademark registration at home and abroad, sometimes the same trademark or the similar trademark derived from it will be applied for registration by the group company or its subsidiaries. In the process of official examination, it will encounter adverse legal consequences.
Usually, the same trademark should be owned by the same entity in different countries and regions, and vice versa. It may raise hidden damages in future use, rights protection, investment, valuation and trading, etc. For enterprise trademark management specialist, all trademark files of group companies, subsidiaries at home and abroad, and affiliated companies should be regularly reviewed and organized, the trademark files should be sorted out and planned, and necessary legal actions should be taken in time to prevent the above-mentioned unfavorable situations.