1．What are the formality requirements for filing an application for a sound trademark and what are the examination guidelines on sound trademarks? How to search for sound trademarks?How many sound trademarks have been approved for registration in China so far?

    声音商标申请的提交要求以及审查标准是什么？声音商标如何检索？目前已核准注册的声音商标有多少件？

    2. What documents/evidences are needed for determining well-known trademarks?In particular, what documents/evidences are needed for proving the public awareness degree of a trademark?

    认定驰名商标需要提供的证据材料有哪些？特别是其中关于“相关公众知晓程度的证据材料”，具体包括哪些材料？

    3. According to examination practice, how long does it usually take for a trademark application to be approved for publication after filing?What is the average time from submission of a trademark application to its availability for public retrieval in the database of the China Trademark Office? 

    在实际审查过程中，商标申请从递交到初步审定一般需要多少时间？平均而言，商标申请从递交到被录入商标局数据库（可被公众查询）需要多少时间？

    4. Please introduce the revisions to trademark examination procedures in  China’s New Trademark Law. (e.g. revisions in terms of acceptance of trademark applications, trademark opposition, trademark cancellation, etc).

    可否对新商标法下商标审查的各个程序的修改进行介绍（如申请受理、异议、无效等程序的修改）？

    5. For multiple-class trademark applications, in which follow-up procedures can the trademark split be requested? Will trademark split be carried out in each subsequent procedures after filing in the future?What are the advantages and disadvantages of multiple-class trademark applications comparing with one-class trademark applications?

    通过一标多类方式申请的商标，在后续哪些环节可以进行商标分割？今后是否能实现所有环节均可进行商标分割？与一标一类相比，一标多类的申请方式有何优缺点？

    6. What are the examination guidelines for goods/service items which are not listed in “Similar Goods and Services Classification Schedule” published by the China Trademark Office? (Under what circumstances is a Notice of Amendment issued?)

    针对未纳入《类似商品和服务区分表》的商品/服务项的审查标准是什么（哪些情况需要补正，哪些情况不需要补正）？

    7. For those cases claiming priority to a foreign trademark application, how to meet classification requirements in China if the designated goods/service items in the priority application don’t match the corresponding Chinese class? (For example, a Chinese trademark application claims priority to a US trademark application which filed in Class 42. However, according to Chinese classification standards, the service items designated in the US priority application should be classified in Class 40. How to handle this case then?)

    对于要求优先权的商标申请，按照中国的分类标准，国外在先商标申请中指定的商品/服务项与其类别不匹配，应如何处理？（例如，美国在先商标申请为第42类，但按照中国分类标准，在先申请中指定的服务项应归为40类，应如何处理）。

    8. The rules for trademark examination were published in abstract and general terms. Can guidelines for trademark examination in each procedure be interpreted in a more detailed and specific way, and then published for public reference (similar case: the publication of China Patent Examination Guidelines)?

    已公布的商标审理/审查标准仍较为抽象、粗略，商标局是否可将各个程序的审理/审查标准具体化、详细化，并编纂出版（类似《专利审查指南》）以供公众参考？

    9. The reasons for rejection of a trademark application are only roughly listed in the Notice of Trademark Rejection, which is not convincing. Can more detailed analyses be provided?

    商标驳回通知书中仅列出十分粗略的驳回理由，无法令人信服，是否可加入详细的驳回理由分析？

    10．Please provide brief remarks on trademark issues regarding parallel imports.

    可否针对平行进口涉及的商标问题进行简要评述？

    11. Please provide brief remarks on trademark issues related to the OEM industry.

    可否针对贴牌加工涉及的商标问题进行简要评述？

    12. How to calculate trademark administrative penalties?How to use discretion within the penalty range?

    商标行政处罚金额是如何计算的？如何行使处罚金额区间内的自由裁量？

    13. The administrative litigation case for trademark “wechat” (Application No.8840949) has caused a great deal of public attention. Can we have your comments on the decision of the first trial?

    （2014）京知行初字第67号/商评字（2014）第67139号关于第8840949号“微信”商标的行政诉讼案引起了众多关注，可否对一审判决进行评述？