Is it infringement to use another person's registered trademark as the store name?

1. If the goods you open are completely different from those approved by the registered trademark, it is not infringement;

2. However, if it is the same as the goods approved for use by the registered trademark, it will be regarded as infringement.

According to the Trademark Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), the specific provisions are as follows:

Article 56 The exclusive right to use a registered trademark shall be limited to the trademark approved for registration and the goods approved for use.

Article 57 Any of the following acts is an infringement of the exclusive right to use a registered trademark:

(1) Using the same trademark as its registered trademark on the same commodity without the permission of the trademark registrant;

(2) Without the permission of the trademark registrant, using a trademark similar to its registered trademark on the same kind of goods, or using a trademark identical with or similar to its registered trademark on similar goods is likely to cause confusion;

(3) selling goods that infringe upon the exclusive right to use a registered trademark;

(4) Forging or unauthorized manufacturing of registered trademark marks of others or selling forged or unauthorized registered trademark marks;

(five) without the consent of the trademark registrant, the registered trademark is changed and the goods with the changed trademark are put on the market again;

(6) Deliberately facilitating the infringement of the exclusive right to use a trademark of others and helping others to commit the infringement of the exclusive right to use a trademark;

(seven) causing other damage to the exclusive right to use a registered trademark of others.

Extended data

Trademark infringement compensation standard:

1. The amount of compensation for infringement of the exclusive right to use a trademark shall be determined according to the actual losses suffered by the obligee due to infringement; If the actual loss is difficult to determine, it can be determined according to the interests obtained by the infringer due to infringement; If it is difficult to determine the loss of the obligee or the interests of the infringer, it shall be reasonably determined by referring to the multiple of the trademark license fee.

In case of malicious infringement of the exclusive right to use a trademark, if the circumstances are serious, the amount of compensation may be determined in accordance with the amount determined by the above method.

2. The amount of compensation shall include the reasonable expenses paid by the obligee to stop the infringement.

In order to determine the amount of compensation, the people's court may order the infringer to provide the account books and materials related to the infringement if the obligee has tried his best to provide evidence and the account books and materials related to the infringement are mainly held by the infringer; If the infringer fails to provide or provide false account books and materials, the people's court may determine the amount of compensation with reference to the claims of the obligee and the evidence provided.

If it is difficult to determine the actual losses suffered by the obligee due to infringement, the interests gained by the infringer due to infringement, and the license fee for registered trademarks, the people's court shall award compensation of less than 3 million yuan according to the circumstances of the infringement.

Reference source

Baidu Encyclopedia-People's Republic of China (PRC) Trademark Law