The Trademark Office of the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) has issued a notice announcing adjustments to the delivery method for certain legal documents in Madrid International Trademark 3-year nonuse cancellation proceedings, effective June 5, 2026.

Under the updated framework, the "Notice on Providing Evidence of Use or Justification for Non-Use," as well as the "Revocation Decision" and the "Notice of Case Closure" (the latter two being issued when the registrant fails to respond within the prescribed timeframe), will no longer be dispatched directly to the trademark registrant via paper mail. Instead, these documents will be forwarded electronically to the registrant through the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

For Madrid International registrations where the registrant has appointed a local trademark agency to handle the response, the delivery method for the relevant decision documents will remain unchanged and continue to follow the current procedure.