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  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – October 19, 2021

    2021-10-19
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates October 19, 2021 1. Starting January 1, 2022, the CNIPA will no longer issue paper trademark certificates Recently, the CNIPA announced that starting from January 1, 2022, applicants who filed paper trademark applications will receive a “Notice of Issuing a Trademark Registration Certificate,” and the trademark registrant can use the web address and access c...

  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – October 12, 2021

    2021-10-12
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates October 12, 2021 1. Osram successfully invalidated the “Ou Shi Lang in Chinese” trademark Recently, the Beijing High Court made a second-instance judgment on the invalidation of the “Ou Shi Lang in Chinese” trademark (“Disputed Mark”) with reg. no. 18331958 that rejected the CNIPA’s appeal and affirmed the first-instance court’s judgment that the Disputed Ma...

  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – September 28, 2021

    2021-09-28
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates September 28, 2021 1. The Beijing High Court: Trademark co-existence agreement does not automatically equal to grant of trademark protection Volkswagen applied the “TAYRON” mark with application number 30191626 which was blocked by the prior registered trademark “TYRON” with registration number 1613996. Volkswagen submitted a trademar...

  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – September 22, 2021

    2021-09-22
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates September 22, 2021 1. China’s trademark registration cycle will be further reduced On August 26, 2021, the CNIPA specially held a mobilization and deployment meeting to shorten the trademark registration cycle. The CNIPA pointed out that the State Council had decided that the general trademark registration cycle will be reduced to 7 months. It is one of the ...

  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – September 14, 2021

    2021-09-14
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates September 14, 2021 1. Amazon’s “AWS” trademark was rejected in the second instance On September 1, 2021, the Beijing High Court rejected Amazon’s appeal and affirmed the first instance court’s decision on Amazon’s “AWS” trademark application in Class 35. On September 5, 2017, Amazon applied for “AWS” mark with application number 26231153 designat...

  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – September 7, 2021

    2021-09-07
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates September 7, 2021 1. “NEW BALANCE” ousted “New bunren” On August 13, 2021, the Beijing High Court affirmed the first instance court decision in favor of the CNIPA over a trademark invalidation dispute. Disputed Mark Cited Mark The Disputed Mark was approved for registration on January 7, 2011, and New Balance filed an invalidation petition on June...

  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – August 31, 2021

    2021-08-31
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates August 31, 2021 1. Universal Pictures prevailed in the “Minions” copyright dispute with RMB 5.1 million in compensation Recently, the Jiangsu High Court rendered a favorable decision for Universal Pictures against defendants Cangzhou Qianchixue Food Co., Ltd. (“Qianchixue”), Jingbaojiang, Jingshusong, Wangzi Beverage (Guangzhou) Group Co., Ltd. (“...

  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – August 24, 2021

    2021-08-24
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates August 24, 2021 1. An individual was sentenced to three years in prison for Illegal manufacturing the “Ferrero in Chinese” mark On August 18, 2021, the Shanghai No. 3 Intermediate Court made a first-instance judgment on the case of defendant Liu illegally manufacturing the registered trademark of “Ferrero in Chinese” and unpacking and...

  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – August 17, 2021

    2021-08-17
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates August 17, 2021 1. The “BVLGARI and BVLGARI in Chinese” mark was recognized as a well-known mark Bulgari S.P.A. (“Bulgari”) filed an invalidation request against Cai Qinghe’s trademark with reg. no. 6085778 (“Disputed Mark”) based on its prior trademark with reg. no. 3811212 “” in Class 14 and International trademark with reg. no. G76...

  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – August 10, 2021

    2021-08-10
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates August 10, 2021 1. Additional document is required when requesting Well-Known Mark protection from Sept. 1 On August 6, 2021, the Trademark Office of the CNIPA issued a notice requesting that, from September 1, 2021, parties requesting well-known marks protections in opposition and invalidation actions must submit, along with the arguments of grounds, an Und...
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