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  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – March 9, 2022

    2022-03-09
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates March 09, 2022 1. Marvel successfully invalidated a squatted “Spider-Man in Chinese” trademark The Beijing High Court recently made a second-instance judgment, finding that the Disputed Mark owned by an individual and used on goods such as swimwear, shoes, hats, socks, etc. in Class 25 constituted as a similar mark with Marvel’s Cited Mark on identical or si...

  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – March 2, 2022

    Weekly China Trademark News Updates March 02, 2022 1. RMB 50 million lesson for using “Delu in Chinese” as a corporate name without authorization The Suzhou Intermediate Court of Jiangsu Province concluded a trademark infringement and unfair competition case in favor of the plaintiffs raumplus Besitz-und Entwicklungs-GmbH & Co.KG, Kasten Dirk Bergmann, Delu (Taicang) Furniture Technology C...

  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – February 22, 2022

    2022-02-22
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates February 22, 2022 CNIPA answers the frequently asked questions regarding the Trademark Adjudication and Examination Guideline Part I – Adjudication and Examination of Trademark Distinctive Features 1. How is trademark distinctive features adjudicated? The types of “other lack of distinctive features” stipulated in Article 11(i)(3) of the Chines...

  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – February 15, 2022

    2022-02-15
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates February 15, 2022 1. LEGO successfully enforced its minifigures 3D trademark Recently, the Huadu District Court of Guangzhou, Guangdong rendered a trademark infringement decision in favor of LEGO against Guangzhou Zhongnuo Trading Co., Ltd. (“Zhongnuo”) and Shen Xiaoyu for using the “LEGO” logo and LEOG’s minifigures logo on school bags, stationery boxes, an...

  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – February 9, 2022

    2022-02-09
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates February 9, 2022 2021 Annual Trademark Right Authorization and Confirmation Statistics In 2021, the CNIPA received a total of 7.739 million applications and has accumulated a total of 36.65 million valid registrations. Please see below some of the more important statistics, including rejection appeal, opposition, invalidation, and cancellation. Please note t...

  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – January 25, 2022

    2022-01-25
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates January 25, 2022 1. The Guangdong High Court released its first typical cases of intellectual property punitive damages – Part II Recently, the Guangdong High Court released 6 typical cases of intellectual property punitive damages for the first time, involving disputes in many fields such as well-known marks, financial products, and e-commerce. These 6 case...

  • Quarterly China Trademark News Updates – Oct. to Dec. 2021

    2022-01-21
    Quarterly China Trademark News Updates October – December 2021 1. Notable trademark and anti-unfair competition cases a. Ralph Lauren prevailed in the second instance unfair competition dispute regarding the “POLO” logo and was awarded RMB 3 million in damages The Beijing IP Court concluded a copyright infringement and unfair competition dispute between appellants Ralph Lauren Corporatio...

  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – January 19, 2022

    2022-01-19
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates January 19, 2022 1. The Guangdong High Court released its first typical cases of intellectual property punitive damages – Part I Recently, the Guangdong High Court released 6 typical cases of intellectual property punitive damages for the first time, involving disputes in many fields such as well-known marks, financial products, and e-commerce. These 6 cases...

  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – January 11, 2022

    2022-01-11
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates January 11, 2022 1. New trademark related regulations effective from January 2022 The new Trademark Examination and Adjudication Guidelines issued by the CNIPA came into force on January 1, 2022, and the original Trademark Examination and Adjudication Standards was abandoned at the same time. https://www.cnipa.gov.cn/art/2021/11/22/art_74_171575.html The rev...

  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – December 29, 2021

    2021-12-29
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates December 29, 2021 2021 turned out to be year one for all of us learning how to live with COVID-19. Across the world, various strategies have been implemented to adapt the new normal such as continuing wearing mask in crowded areas, keeping social distance, getting at least two doses of vaccine, and occasionally countries around the world would still implemen...
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