Hubei: Yichang to be national trademark strategy demonstration city

According to information released by Yichang Administration for Industry and Commerce, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce(SAIC) identified Yichang as one of the first batch of national trademark strategy demonstration cities.

In recent years, Yichang set a trademark strategic development goal of “one product with one trademark”, launched projects on enriching agricultural industries and stimulating enterprises’ development with the promotion of trademarks, established various degrees of famous trademarks in the city, the province and the country, established varying degrees of notable trademarks and formed a batch of excellent trademark groups who had their own intellectual property rights. Currently, Yichang has 4838 registered trademarks. Among them, 73 trademarks are famous in the province and 13 are well-known nationwide, accounting for 10.4% and 20.64% in the province. More than 1500 trademarks are applied for international registered trademarks while 528 have been granted, covering about a hundred countries and regions. After the city is conferred the title of “demonstration city”, it will focus on the establishment of “demonstration towns” and “demonstration enterprises”, develop trademarks in tour industry and try to register the first service and geographical indication trademarks of national well-known brands.