April 4th, 2018

Dear Sir/Madam,

It is my honor to inform you that  2018 China Trademark Festival （CTF 2018） is going to take place in Tangshan, Hebei Province, from August 31st to September 3rd. On behalf of China Trademark Association (CTA), I sincerely invite you to attend this event.

CTF 2018 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 2018 is “Creation, Protection & Application”. 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 17. According to the application of the members and related organizations, several trademark salons will also be held. These forums and salons will pay more attention to the protection and application of trademarks & brands, to the excavation and extraction of the value of trademarks & brands, and to the connotation and promotion of Chinese Brands Image.

Attendees will be leaders of State Administration of Market Supervision and Management as well as SIPO (State Intellectual Property Office) and the relevant authorities, representatives from the local governments and People's Courts at various levels, and Administrative Authorities for 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 Tangshan!

Attachments:2018 China Trademark Festival Registration Form

Ma Fu

President

CHINA TRADEMARK ASSOCIATION