外贸口语一点通第107期:商标注册之商标形象_商标如何查询是否注册
Problem of the trademark"s image 商标形象 A: Mr.Green, sit down please.
格林先生，请坐。 B: Thank you, Mr. Sun. Iam very sorry for coming late, but something urgent came up at the last minute. 谢谢孙先生。很抱歉我来晚了，但我临走时突然有点急事。 A: That"s all right. Let"s get down to business. I was told that you have some comments to make about the registeration of our trademarks. 没关系，我们谈正事吧。我听说贵公司对我们的商标注册有异议。 B: Yes, I work in a law firm. I have been asked by the British trading company to come here and have a face-to-face consultation with you. 是的，我在法律事务所工作，这次是受英国贸易公司委托来跟您面谈的。 A: You are welcome. I believe that you have some problems to discuss with me regarding the application for the registration of our trademarks. 欢迎。您是不是想和我谈谈我们申请商标注册的问题？ B: Yes, you are applying to register the trademark of "Golden Dragon" for table lights, right? 是的，贵公司正在申请金龙牌台灯，是吗？ A: Yes, you are right. 对。 B: You may not know this, but the dragon represents an evil omen in our country. It"s not appropriate to register the brand. 您也许不知道，龙在我国是不祥之物。采用这个牌子恐怕不合适。 A: Oh, will you excuse my oversight. Then what do you think I should do? 哦，请原谅我们的疏忽。那您看来，我们该怎么办？ B: I think it"s better for you to change the brand name. 我认为你方最好改变名称。 A: But in that case, the customers won"t recognize our products. 但是那样的话，消费者就认不出我们的产品了。 B: Yes, it"s a tough problem. 是啊，这个问题很难办。 A: I"ll hold a meeting to discuss this problem and find out a solution soon. 我立即召开会议，尽快找出解决办法。 重点讲解： “get down to business”是“开始谈正事”的意思；例如：We have to get down to business right now. （我们即刻开始谈正事吧。） “come up”是“突然出现，突然发生”的意思，例如：Something urgent has come up. （发生了紧急的事情。）