The case for the revocation of the "Zhen Kung Fu" trademark
Applicant withdrawing the application: Guangzhou Zhen Kung Fu Catering Management Co., Ltd.
Respondent: Shanghai Abo Brothers Investment Management Co., Ltd.
Trademark Information: 
Focus of this case:
Capital and financial services require legally obtained entry qualifications before engaging in related services; evidence of prior preparation should be considered as evidence of trademark use.
In this case, the services "capital investment; financial services" for which the trademark in question is being challenged are special service industries in China that are strictly regulated by special national laws and regulations. Engaging in the aforementioned services requires legally obtaining relevant professional qualifications and obtaining approval from the approving authority before establishing a specialized institution to carry out related services.
During the specified period, the client actively prepared for the aforementioned services. The evidence we provide includes: during this period, the applicant's licensee, "Guiyang Zhen Kung Fu Lead籌 Financial Co., Ltd.", obtained government approval for its professional qualifications, and reports from third-party websites such as Xinhua Net, Phoenix News, Jin Yang Net, and Jiangsu News Net during this period on Zhen Kung Fu's chairman announcing at the company's 25th-anniversary celebration that "Zhen Kung Fu is building an entrepreneurial platform within the industry, preparing a Chinese fast-food industry fund, making angel investments in catering startups from the direction of Internet finance, providing financial support to entrepreneurs using Internet finance, and thus promoting the cluster development of the Chinese fast-food industry."
Ultimately, the Trademark Review and Adjudication Board held that: the aforementioned government approval documents and news media reports on the preparatory work for capital investment and financial services in the market circulation field of the trademark under review can prove that the trademark under review was genuinely and effectively used commercially in capital investment and financial services during the specified period. Therefore, it was decided to maintain the registration of the trademark in question for "capital investment, financial services".
