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  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – December 21, 2021

    2021-12-21
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates December 21, 2021 1. The CNIPA and Courts at Three Levels Held Symposium on Trademark Right Granting and Verification Recently, the Trademark Office of the CNIPA held a symposium on certain matters relating to the granting and verification of trademark rights with the Supreme People’s Court, the Beijing Higher Court, the Beijing Intellectual Property C...

  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – December 14, 2021

    2021-12-14
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates December 14, 2021 1. Sale of Michael Kors parallel imports were found to infringed upon Michael Kors’ trademark rights The Dongguan Intermediate Court of Guangdong Province recently concluded a trademark infringement case between Michael Kors (Switzerland) International Co., Ltd. (“Michael Kors”), Shanghai Yiteng Brand Management Co., Ltd. (“Shanghai Yiteng”...

  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – December 7, 2021

    2021-12-07
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates December 7, 2021 1. Kluber Lubrication won over RMB 2 million in damages in a trademark infringement lawsuit On November 29, 2021, the Shanghai Intellectual Property Court made a final judgment in the case of Kluber Lubricant (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (“Kluber Shanghai”) against Shanghai Xinyu Lubrication Technology Co., Ltd. (“Xinyu”), Zo...

  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – November 30, 2021

    2021-11-30
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates November 30, 2021 1. The CNIPA’s reply regarding procedural issues of an allegedly infringing trademark that passed the preliminary examination or is pending in opposition Paragraph 3 of Article 62 of the Chinese Trademark Law provides that: “where, in the process of investigating a trademark infringement case, there is any dispute over the ownership o...

  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – November 23, 2021

    2021-11-23
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates November 23, 2021 1. McDonald’s invalided the “Mai Ke Shi in Chinese & MKS” mark The Beijing High Court recently issued a second instance judgment of the administrative dispute over the invalidation of the trademark with registration number 9631046 “Mai Ke Shi in Chinese & MKS” (“Disputed Mark”), rejecting the appeal of the CNIPA and upho...

  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – November 17, 2021

    2021-11-17
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates November 17, 2021 1. MUJI prevailed against Wuyinliangpin in a trademark infringement lawsuit Based on its “Wuyinliangpin (MUJI in Chinese)” registered trademark with registration number 4471268 in Class 20 for “pillow” related goods (“Cited Mark”), MUJI sued Beijing Wuyinliangpin Investment Co. Ltd. (“Wuyinliangpin”) for using the Disputed Mark on its u-sha...

  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – November 10, 2021

    2021-11-10
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates November 10, 2021 1. Hyatt won well-known mark recognition in court appeals Recently, the Beijing High Court rendered a second instance judgment, affirming “Hyatt in Chinese” in respect of hotel services has constituted a well-known mark and accordingly invalidated the registration of “凯悦森HyattSen” on clothing and other goods in class 25. Zhi-Peng Corpora...

  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – November 3, 2021

    2021-11-03
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates November 3, 2021 1. KFC’s “KFC Zhaijisong in Chinese” mark application was rejected On October 18, 2021, the Beijing High Court made a second-instance judgment that rejected KFC’s trademark application for the “KFC Zhaijisong in Chinese (fast home delivery)” mark with application number 22264630 in Class 39 (“Disputed Mark”). Disputed Mark  Cited Mark 1 C...

  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – October 26, 2021

    2021-10-26
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates October 26, 2021 1. Theory was awarded RMB 3.2 million in trademark infringement and unfair competition lawsuit The Shanghai IP Court recently rendered the final decision for a trademark infringement and unfair competition lawsuit for Theory LLC (“Theory”) against  defendants Xierrui (Shanghai) Apparel Co., Ltd. (“Xierrui”), Shaanxi Wangfujing Outlets Commer...

  • Quarterly China Trademark News Updates – Jul. to Sep. 2021

    2021-10-20
    Quarterly China Trademark News Updates July – September 2021 1. Notable trademark and anti-unfair competition cases a. The Beijing High Court rejected a retrial petition filed by Beijing Wuyinliangpin against MUJI On July 13, 2021, the Beijing High Court rejected a retrial petition filed by Beijing Miantian Textile Co., Ltd. (“Beijing Miantian”) against Muji (Shanghai) Commercial Co., Lt...
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