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  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – December 20, 2022

    2022-12-20
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates December 20, 2022 1. The owner of the “Lincoln in Chinese” mark prevailed against the “Ling Ken in Chinese” mark for trademark, trade name, trade dress infringements The Jiangsu High Court recently concluded a trademark infringement and unfair competition dispute in favor of the Lincoln Global Co., Ltd. (“Lincoln Global”), Lincoln Electric Company (“Lincoln ...

  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – December 13, 2022

    2022-12-13
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates December 13, 2022 1. The CNIPA issued the “Guidelines on Application for Registration and Use of Class 35 Trademarks” and “Guidelines on How to Avoid Conflicts with Prior Rights in Application for Registration and Use of Trademarks“ “Guidelines on Application for Registration and Use of Class 35 Trademarks” states that services in cla...

  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – December 7, 2022

    2022-12-07
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates December 7, 2022 1. CNIPA issued an announcement regarding trademark agencies re-registration On December 2, 2022, the CNIPA issued an announcement regarding the re-registration of trademark agencies, aiming to ensure that trademark agencies and practitioners practice lawfully, strengthen the supervision of trademark agencies and practitioners, and standardi...

  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – November 29, 2022

    2022-11-29
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates November 29, 2022 1. CNIPA released the Understanding and Application of the Standards for Determining General Trademark Violations From November 8 to November 18, the CNIPA successively released nine articles of “Understanding and Application of the Standards for Determining General Trademark Violations,” (“Understanding and Application”) which ...

  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – November 22, 2022

    2022-11-22
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates November 22, 2022 1. The Beijing High Court found that “Ultraman in Chinese” constituted a well-known mark and granted cross-class protection On October 31, 2022, the Beijing High Court made a final judgement for a trademark infringement and unfair competition dispute between Shanghai Xinchuanghua Culture Development Co., Ltd. (“Xinchuanghua”) ag...

  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – November 15, 2022

    2022-11-15
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates November 15, 2022 1. The Beijing IP Court held press conference on separation of complex and simple trademark administrative cases On November 6, 2014, the Beijing IP Court was officially named as the first specialized court to strengthen judicial protection of intellectual property rights and a pilot court for judicial reform. The Beijing IP Court now has t...

  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – November 10, 2022

    2022-11-10
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates November 10, 2022 1. RMB 50 million! Largest trademark infringement damages awarded to a foreign company in China Recently, the Jiangsu High Court ruled in favor of raumplus Besitz-und Entwicklungs GmbH & Co. KG (“raumplus Besitz”), raumplus GmbH (“raumplus”), Delu (Taicang) Furniture Technology Co., Ltd. (“Delu Taicang”) against Delu Furniture (Shanghai...

  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – November 2, 2022

    2022-11-02
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates November 2, 2022 1. The CNIPA intends to add provisions on trademark revocation ex officio Recently, the CNIPA issued a letter of reply to the Recommendation No. 2505 of the Fifth Session of the Thirteenth National People’s Congress. The letter mentioned that the CNIPA should continue to strengthen the obligation to use trademarks, make up for its shor...

  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – October 26, 2022

    2022-10-26
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates October 26, 2022 1. Nestlé’s “Nestle in Chinese” mark prevailed in a second instance trial against the “Magpie Nest in Chinese” mark based on similarity Disputed Mark Cited Mark Wuhan Magpie Nest Network Information Group Co., Ltd. (“Magpie Nest”) submitted a trademark application for “Magpie Nest in Chinese” (“Disputed Mark”) with appl...

  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – October 18, 2022

    2022-10-18
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates October 18, 2022 1. The CNIPA held a symposium on trademark business work Recently, the Trademark Office of the CNIPA held a symposium on trademark business work to listen to opinions and suggestions of representatives of companies, agencies, and industry associations on trademark business work. Delegates at the symposium recognized the reform efforts and ac...
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