China’s new punitive damages system bolsters protection against trademark infringement

Recently, BEIJING EAST IP LTD assisted a Chinese sports equipment company to successfully solve the problem that its products sold on Amazon in Japan were complained by competitors for infringing Japanese design patent, and quickly lifted the delisting punishment.

Recently, Yongyu Zhang and Kaiyuan Song, agents of BEIJING EAST IP LTD., represented Daio Paper Corporation in the case of invalidation of “packaging bag” design patent, and successfully maintained the validity of the design patent.

Mr. Austin Chang, counsel of Beijing East IP Law Firm, was invited to the Graduate Institute of Intellectual Property at the National Taipei University of Technology to present latest China trademark law updates and practices on February 23, 2023.

The first non-fungible token (NFT) was minted in May 2014, but they did not catch the world’s attention until recently. While the world is beginning to understand and invest in NFTs, China is not far behind global trends, but has its own characteristics. NFTs have gained increasing popularity in merchandise, finance and other areas, but legal systems around the world are still grappling with how to deal with NFT-related legal issues.

Some essential aspects of utility model patent in China

INTA’s 2022 Annual Meeting Live+ was held in Washington, D.C., as a combined physical + virtual event from April 30 to May 4. With 6,500 organizations from 185 countries comprising INTA’s membership, the Annual Meeting has been recognized as the world’s largest IP event.

Ms. Yan Zhang, the partner of Beijing East IP Law Firm, participated as a presenter at Strafford live video webinar “Trademark Doctrine of Foreign Equivalents” on September 15, 2021. Brett Heavner, the partner of Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP and Yinfei Wu, the attorney of Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP also joined in the panel. The panel exami...

Ms. Yan Zhang, the partner of Beijing East IP Law Firm, gave a keynote speech on “Strategy on how to respond to bad faith trademark registration and malicious lawsuit” at an online seminar hosted by the US-China Business Council (USCBC) on June 17, 2021. Ms. Zhang analyzed the problems of trademark squatting in China, and discussed about the legal regulations on trademark squatting under the fo...

On May 20, 2021, the Supreme People’s Court (“SPC”) rendered a final decision in favor of Tommy Bahama (“TB”) for the “TOMMY BAHAMA” trademark opposition cases in Classes 9, 14, and 18. In its decisions, the SPC revoked the lower courts’ and the CNIPA’s decision. The SPC’s final decision marvelously closed TB’s decade-long battle against the other party, who sought return of its own trademarks....