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  • Weekly China Brand Protection News – May 10, 2025

    2025-05-10
    Weekly China Brand Protection News May 10, 2025 1. Zhen Kung Fu Trademark Invalidation Case The China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) ruled on an invalidation request filed by Bruce Lee Enterprises regarding the “Kungfu and Design” and “” trademarks (“Disputed Marks”). The ruling determined that: The Disputed Marks are nearly identical to the image and classic...

  • Weekly China Brand Protection News – April 29, 2025

    2025-04-29
    Weekly China Brand Protection News April 29, 2025 Supreme People’s Court: Status of Intellectual Property Judicial Protection in Chinese Courts (2024) Recently, the Supreme People’s Court (“SPC”) released the “Status of Intellectual Property Judicial Protection in Chinese Courts (2024)” with the following data. In 2024, courts nationwide received 529,370 new intellectual prop...

  • Weekly China Brand Protection News – April 25, 2025

    2025-04-25
    Weekly China Brand Protection News April 25, 2025 Content primarily generated automatically by AI drawing software does not constitute a work and does not infringe copyright Plaintiff Feng sued defendants Zhangjiaggang Dongshan Cultural Communication Co., Ltd. (“Dongshan”), Zhu, and others for copyright infringement and unfair competition. Feng claimed to have created the “Fantasy Wings ...

  • Weekly China Brand Protection News – April 18, 2025

    2025-04-18
    Weekly China Brand Protection News April 18, 2025 1. Defendant’s use of “HUAV” infringes Huawei’s registered trademark rights, Huawei awarded CNY 9.8 million in damages Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (“Huawei”) filed a lawsuit in court against Shenzhen Tengyu Digital Technology Co., Ltd. (“Tengyu”), Shenzhen Jintaiyi Electronics Co., Ltd. (“Jintaiyi”), and an individual ...

  • Weekly China Brand Protection News – April 9, 2025

    Weekly China Brand Protection News April 9, 2025 1. CNIPA Launched “International Registration Goods Image Database” On April 3, 2025, the CNIPA officially launched the “Reference Image Database for Goods in International Trademark Registration” project on its website. Applicants can access the database at https://sbj.cnipa.gov.cn:9443/#/public-search to search for the names and re...

  • Weekly China Brand Protection News – April 3, 2025

    2025-04-03
    Weekly China Brand Protection News April 3, 2025 1. The First Instance Court Ruled Parallel Import; The Second Instance Court Overturned, Finding Imported Goods Infringing The Chongqing High Court has made a second-instance judgment in the trademark infringement dispute case between the appellant, Guangzhou Otiwa Biotechnology Co., Ltd. (“Otiwa”) and the appellee, Chongqing Beigou Network Tech...

  • Weekly China Brand Protection News – March 26, 2025

    2025-03-26
    Weekly China Brand Protection News March 26, 2025 Scraping Off Codes Sales Disrupts Market Order, Second-Instance Court Rules It Constitutes Unfair Competition Recently, the Linyi Intermediate Court of Shandong, acting as a second-instance court, issued a final ruling in the case involving trademark infringement and unfair competition between Atomy (China) Co., Ltd. and Yinan Shanggu Food and ...

  • Weekly China Brand Protection News – March 20, 2025

    2025-03-20
    Weekly China Brand Protection News March 20, 2025 Court Recognizes “B.DUCK” as a Well-Known Trademark for Clothing Products, prohibiting the Defendant’s Use of Similar “G.DUCK” Mark on Thermos Cups Recently, the Chongqing High Court made a final judgment in the trademark infringement lawsuit involving plaintiffs SEMK Products Limited (“SEMK”) and Deyin...

  • Weekly China Brand Protection News – March 7, 2025

    2025-03-07
    Weekly China Brand Protection News March 7, 2025 SALOMON’s “Mountain-Shaped Line” Shoe Design Recognized as Influential Product Design Amer Sports Equipment Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (“Amer Sports”) filed a lawsuit against Hainan Suyin Electronic Commerce Co., Ltd. (“Hainan Suyin”), Guangdong Suyin Brand Management Co., Ltd. (“Guangdong Suyin&...

  • Weekly China Brand Protection News – February 27, 2025

    2025-02-27
    Weekly China Brand Protection News February 27, 2025 1. Anhui High Court Upholds Decision on Retrial, Determining that a Sports Company’s Store Decoration is Highly Similar to DECATHLON and Constitutes Unfair Competition Decathlon and Decathlon (Shanghai) Sporting Goods Co., Ltd. (“Decathlon”) noticed that a sports company had opened over a hundred stores across China under t...
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