notice!"Army" names of tobacco and alcohol prohibit sales

Recently, six departments, including the Logistics Security Department of the Central Military Commission, the Central Cyber ​​Security and Information Committee Office, issued a notice to prohibit the sale of "military" tobacco and alcohol. The full text of the notice is as follows:

6 departments such as the Logistics of the Central Military Commission

Notice on the ban on the sale of "military" name, tobacco and alcohol and other products

In recent years, some operators have publicly or disguised the name of the army to use the military specific meaning words and patterns to produce and sell counterfeit goods such as "Moutai" and "Army" and "Army", which seriously damage the image of the army's reputation and affect the national economic environment governance. Essence In order to maintain a good image, public interest, and market operation order of the people's army, the relevant issues are notified as follows:

1. It is strictly forbidden to use the name of the Chinese People's Liberation Army and the armed police forces to carry out commercial marketing propaganda in any form.

2. It is strictly forbidden to sell "military" tobacco and alcohol and other products online and offline. "Army", cigarettes, and other products, referring to printing, engraving, and casting on goods or packaging include, but not limited to the following words or patterns, it is easy to mislead consumers and cause negative influence of the army.

(1) The name of the military units, including the central military commission, theater, the military and soldiers, the armed police forces and other military units.

(2) The troops number or code, including the full name or abbreviation of the Chinese People's Liberation Army and the Armed Police Force, and the names and codes of false troops.

(3) Specific meaning of the army, including "army", "troops", "PLA", "Armed Police", "Theater", "Guard Bureau", "PLA", "CAPF", "PAP", "August 1st", "Military", "Military", "Army" For "military", "military demand", "military uniforms", "military products", "army specialized", "military special offer", "military special", "military product agency sales", "military products specialty" and so on.

(4) Military logo patterns or similar patterns, including military flags, military emblems, armed police emblems, Bayi, medals, collar flowers, chest marks, armbands, etc.

Third, strictly organize commercial supervision of "Army", tobacco, alcohol, and alcohol. Relevant functional departments should cooperate closely to strengthen the supervision of products such as illegal production and sales of "military", tobacco, alcoholic and alcohol -related trademark registration, and resolutely correct the problems discovered, and if the refusal to rectify and violate the rules, it is serious in accordance with the law and regulations in accordance with the law and regulations. Investigation and punishment.

Central Military Commission Logistics Security Department

The Office of the Central Cyber ​​Security and Informatization Committee

Ministry of Public Security of the People's Republic of China

State Administration of Market Supervision and Administration

National Tobacco Monopoly Bureau

State Intellectual Property Office

June 20, 2022

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Source: National Intellectual Property Office website

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