新加坡商标异议、无效或撤销程序概览

In Singapore, it is possible to stop the registration of a trade mark. This is known as trade mark opposition. Some grounds of opposition could be that the trade mark sought to be registered is descriptive of the goods or services for which registration is sought, or that it is confusingly similar to an earlier trade mark.

在新加坡，可以通过异议阻止某个商标的注册。异议理由可包括：商标对指定商品/服务具有描述性（即缺乏显著性），或者与在先商标构成近似混淆等。

1. Opposing a Trade Mark Application Filed in Singapore

对新加坡单一商标注册提出异议申请

An international trade mark registration which has been accepted for protection in Singapore shall be published in the Trade Marks Journal. Within 2 months after the date of publication, a person may oppose the protection of the trade mark by filing a notice of opposition in Form TM11. The procedure is as follows:

通过马德里指定新加坡的国际商标注册，通过实质审查并授权后会在《商标杂志》上进行公布。与单一商标申请相同的是，自公告之日起两个月内，任何人可通过提交TM11表格对该国际商标注册提出异议申请。具体流程如下：

In Singapore, it is possible to invalidate or revoke a registered trade mark.

在新加坡，可以对已注册商标提出无效或撤销申请。

Invalidation and revocation are two very different processes.

无效和撤销是两个截然不同的程序。

无效程序的目的旨在将已注册商标从官方注册簿中删除，如同该商标从未注册过一般。原因是该商标不符合注册标准。例如，注册商标对指定商品/服务具有描述性（即缺乏显著性），或者与在先商标构成近似混淆。

Revocation, on the other hand, is intended to remove marks whose initial registration was valid, but which should not be allowed to remain on the register. The reason could be because of the proprietor’s failure to use the registered trade mark or because it has become the common name in the trade for the product or service for which it is registered, or because it has become misleading. Revocation allows such marks to be released to the public for use.