Reviewing and adjudicating TMO's decisions on refusal of applications for registration.
Reviewing and adjudicating TMO's decisions on disapproval of registration.
Reviewing and adjudicating TMO's decisions on cancellations.
Adjudicating trade mark invalidation cases.
On 14 February 2019, the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) announced that the TRAB, TMO and the Trademark Examination Cooperation Centre (TECC) would be reorganised as a new Trademark Office under the CNIPA (Announcement No. 295). After the merger, the new Trademark Office is responsible for all duties formerly performed by the TRAB, TMO and TECC under the name of the CNIPA from 1 April 2019.