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  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – August 16, 2023

    2023-08-16
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates August 16, 2023 1. Tesla sued an infringer for using “Tesla Used Car in Chinese” and was awarded RMB 300,000 in compensation Tesla Motors. INC. (later changed to “Tesla, Inc.”) is the owner of the “ ” mark with reg. nos. 12492119 and 13690440, the “Tesla in Chinese” mark with reg. nos. 13690434 and 13690432, the “” mark with reg. nos.  12492124 a...
  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – August 10, 2023

    2023-08-10
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates August 10, 2023 1. Consent letter from an associated company was not accepted by court in a trademark rejection appeal case GFM GMBH TRADEMARKS (“GFM”) applied for the registration of the “” mark in November 2020, designated for use on “Footwear; Boots; Shoes; Sandals; Boot uppers; Insole; Soles for footwear; Fittings of metal for footwear” products. The CNI...
  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – August 1, 2023

    2023-08-01
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates August 1, 2023 1. Fair use of a mark to illustrate product functionality does not constitute trademark infringement The Shanghai IP Court made a final judgment on the trademark infringement dispute between Supai Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (“Supai”) and Shenzhen Jianzi Technology Co., Ltd. (“Jianzi”). The court held that Jianzi’s use of the alleged infri...
  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – July 29, 2023

    2023-07-29
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates June 29, 2023 1. “Modern in Chinese” constitutes well-known mark on automobiles related goods and imitated mark is invalidated Disputed Mark Cited Mark Henan Liyang Vehicle Industry Co., Ltd. (“Liyang”) filed an appeal against a judgment of the Beijing Intellectual Property Court for administrative trademark litigation on invalidation against the  ...
  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – July 21, 2023

    2023-07-21
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates June 21, 2023 1. BMW’s “iDrive” mark disputes came to an end. The Disputed Mark constituted  as “squatted with unfair means” Disputed Mark The Beijing High Court recently concluded an administrative litigation for trademark invalidation regarding the “IDRIVEERPLUS” (“Disputed Mark”) with Reg. No. 34925244. The court invalidated the Disputed Mark o...
  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – July 12, 2023

    2023-07-12
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates June 12, 2023 1. The “Skoda & Design” mark was recognized as well-known in a trademark invalidation against “Wan Si Ke Da in Chinese” The Beijing High Court recently concluded an administrative trademark invalidation dispute between the the appellant the CNIPA, the appellee Skoda Automobile Co., Ltd. (“Skoda”), and Lijun Zhao, the third party in the orig...
  • Beijing East IP Newsletter No. 103

    2023-07-10

    China IP News
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  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – July 4, 2023

    2023-07-04
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates July 4, 2023 1. Changes in the pre-docketing system of the Beijing Intellectual Property Court Recently, the Beijing Intellectual Property Court has reformed the pre-docketing system. Previously, the pre-docketing system was only applicable to foreign, Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan entities, as the formality documents of such entities required notarization an...
  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – June 28, 2023

    2023-06-28
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates June 28, 2023 1. The Beijing Intellectual Property Court released the Proposal on Online Submission of Litigation Materials in Electronic Format On June 25, the Beijing IP Court released the Proposal on Online Submission of Litigation Materials in Electronic Format (“Proposal”), advocating that the parties should choose to use online litigation platforms to ...
  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – June 20, 2023

    2023-06-20
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates June 20, 2023 1. Lululemon won RMB 1 million in damages The Meizhou Intermediate Court of Guangdong concluded a first-instance judgment on the trademark infringement dispute between Canada Lululemon Sports Goods Co., Ltd. (“Lululemon”) and an individual Zhang. The court ordered Zhang to immediately stop trademark infringement and compensate Lululemon for ec...