Dear Sir and Madam,

It is my honor to inform you that  2017 China Trademark Festival （CTF 2017） is going to take place in Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, September 1st to 4th. On behalf of China Trademark Association (CTA), I sincerely invite you and your colleagues to attend this event.

CTF 2017 will provide an important stage to exhibit domestic and overseas trademark & brand culture and connotations, promote theoretic researches and communications in the trademark & brand community, and hence help to improve enterprise brand value.

The theme of CTF 2017 is “To Protect Trademarks and Brands, and Share Innovation and Development”. Activities cover China Trademark Annual Meeting, China Trademark Exposition and other themed activities. As usual, China Trademark Annual Meeting will include a Main Forum and several Sub-forums. The number of this year’s Sub-forums is expected to exceed 25, and the themes of them will be more international, professional and reflect the world's attention to the improvement of China's trademark intellectual property environment.

Attending will be leaders of SAIC and the relevant authorities, representatives from the Supreme People's Court, local governments, Administrative Authorities for Industry & Commerce and Market Supervision. Officials from International organizations and overseas trademark authorities, Hong Kong and Macao, representatives of intellectual property NGOs, domestic and foreign well-known experts as well as members of CTA, guests from enterprises and trademark agencies home and abroad will also attend the event. It will build a communication platform for peers from trademark circles, and provide a good opportunity for education and exchange.

Please refer to Attachments for Registration Form. Further information will be available on CTA official website (www.cta.org.cn) soon.

We are looking forward to seeing you in Guilin!

Attachments:

1. 2017 China Trademark Festival Registration Form

2. Sub-Forums of CTF 2017 (Updating)

WANG Peizhang

Secretary General

CHINA TRADEMARK ASSOCIATION