According to the recent interpretations of the Supreme People's Court of PRC on the application of law in judging trademark-related disputes, the licensee will have the right to initiate proceedings under the following circumstances:
--- for a sole trademark license agreement, the licensee will have the right to initiate proceedings;
--- for an exclusive trademark license agreement, the licensee shall jointly with the
trademark registration have the right to initiate legal proceedings against
trademark infringement;
--- the licensee for a non-exclusive trademark license agreement may only initiate legal proceedings with authorization from the trademark registrant.
