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  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – February 6, 2024

    2024-02-06
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates February 6, 2024 1. RMB 22.14 million damages was ordered against the defendant taking advantage of “Belle in Chinese” and “BELLE” without authorization Recently, the Zhejiang High Court concluded a trademark infringement and anti-unfair competition lawsuit against the appellant Baoyang Liu for his involvement with the appellees New Belle Shoes (Shenzhen) Co...

  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – February 1, 2024

    2024-02-01
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates February 1, 2024 1. “Château Lafite in Chinese” took a free ride on the “LAFITE” mark’s fame and the China Supreme Court applied punitive damages and sentenced RMB 79.17 million in damages Recently, the China Supreme Court (“SPC”) concluded a trademark infringement and unfair competition dispute between the appellants Nanjing Golden H...

  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – January 23, 2024

    2024-01-23
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates January 23, 2024 1. The Court Finds Geographical Indication Collective Mark “Champagne” Constitutes a Well-Known Mark Recently, the Beijing High Court concluded a second instance trademark infringement dispute between the French Champagne Industry Commission (the “Champagne Commission”), Guangzhou Xuelei Cosmetics Co., Ltd. (“Guangzhou Xuelei”), ...

  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – January 17, 2024

    2024-01-17
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates January 17, 2024 1. The “Freshfragrance” mark  was invalidated by the “fresh” mark In an administrative trademark invalidation dispute between the plaintiff Fresh Company and the defendant CNIPA and the third party Qiong Luo, the Beijing Intellectual Property Court held that the Disputed Mark violated Article 30, Article 31 and Article 32 of the 2013 Tradema...

  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – January 10, 2024

    2024-01-10
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates January 10, 2024 1. Damages of RMB 5 million was ordered against the counterfeit “Skechers” mark SKECHERS U.S.A., INC. II (“Skechers”) sued individuals Xiong, Mao, Xiao and others for trademark infringement. The court found that Skechers is the owner of “,” “,” and “Skechers in Chinese” marks on sneakers related goods. All marks are valid. Xiong, Mao, and Xi...

  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – January 3, 2024

    2024-01-03
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates January 3, 2024 1. Trademark and Brand Development Index 2023 Since 2020, the Intellectual Property Utilization Promotion Department of the CNIPA has guided the China Trademark Association to compile and publish the “Trademark and Brand Development Index (TBDI),” which evaluates the trademark brands of all provinces (autonomous regions and munici...

  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – December 27, 2023

    2023-12-27
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates December 27, 2023 1. Reversal of the second instance judgment! Invalidation of the “Puma” design similarity trademark case Recently, the Beijing High Court made a final judgment on a trademark invalidation case between the appellant Puma Europe Co., Ltd.  (“Puma”) and the respondent the CNIPA, and the third party in the original trial, Rujun Zuo....

  • Guidelines for Handling Supporting Documents Certifying the Subject Qualification in Foreign-related Cases

    2023-12-19
    The Beijing Intellectual Property Court issued the “Guidelines for Handling Supporting Documents Certifying the Subject Qualification in Foreign-related Cases” On December 19, the Beijing Intellectual Property Court released the statist for cases in 2023 and the “Guidelines for Handling Supporting Documents Certifying the Subject Qualification in Foreign-related Cases.”...

  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – December 19, 2023

    2023-12-19
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates December 19, 2023 1. Top 10 Typical Bad Faith Trademark Registration Cases from the Beijing Intellectual Property Court On December 14, 2023, the Beijing Intellectual Property Court released its top 10 typical cases regulating bad faith trademark registrations. Among them, administrative cases cover the application of absolute grounds and relative grounds of...

  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – December 12, 2023

    2023-12-12
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates December 12, 2023 1. The Jiangsu High Court recognized “BURBERRY” as a well-known mark in a decision against a squatted mark registered for over 5 years and awarded RMB 6 million in damages Recently, the Jiangsu High Court concluded a trademark infringement and anti-unfair competition lawsuit between Burberry Limited (“Burberry”), Shentu Clothing (Shanghai) ...
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