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  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – June 1, 2021

    2021-06-01
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates June 1, 2021 1. Amended Chinese Patent Law and Chinese Copyright Law came into force on June 1, 2021 The Amended Chinese Patent Law The amended Chinese Patent Law adds a new patent term adjustment and extension system, increases the roof of the statutory compensation amount to RMB 5 million (USD784,000), and the floor to RMB 30,000 (USD 47,000), extends the...

  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – May 25, 2021

    2021-05-25
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates May 25, 2021 1. Ecovacs Robotics successfully defended trademark squatters Ecovacs Robotics (“Ecovacs”) is a leading Chinese in-home service robotics appliance company and owns the following registered trademarks in Class 7 and Class 9 (“Cited Mark”).                                            Machines and apparatus for cleaning, electric, etc. in Cla...

  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – May 18, 2021

    2021-05-18
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates May 18, 2021 1. CNIPA issued the Notice of Deepening “Deregulation, Innovation, and Service” in the Intellectual Property Industry on Optimizing and Improving Innovation Environment and Business Operation Environment On May 11, 2021, the CNIPA issued the Notice of Deepening “Deregulation, Innovation, and Service” in the Intellectual Property Industry on Opti...

  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – May 12, 2021

    2021-05-12
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates May 12, 2021 1. CNIPA: Enlist bad faith applicants into blacklist From the beginning of 2021, the CNIPA has rejected more than 10,000 bad faith trademark applications citing the 2019 Chinese Trademark Law. The CNIPA has also created a blacklist system to include applicants who filed more bad faith applications and registrations. This is to closely supervise ...

  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – May 8, 2021

    2021-05-08
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates May 8, 2021 1. Selected typical IP cases from the Supreme People’s Court’s 2020 Annual Report Aldi GmbH & CO.KG and the CNIPA petitioned to the Supreme People’s Court (“SPC”) regarding a trademark rejection appeal case involving the disputed mark “ALMAT” with reg. no. 26585561. The SPC reasoned that although trademark right is a private right, but tradem...

  • Quarterly China Trademark News Updates – Jan. to Mar. 2021

    2021-04-30
    Quarterly China Trademark News Updates January – March 2021 Starting January 2021, Beijing East IP will be collecting and presenting notable China trademark and anti-unfair competition news and updates every quarter. Our quarterly newsletter will be a selection of notable news from our weekly updates, including cases, laws, regulations, and our on-going trademark articles regarding sugge...

  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – April 27, 2021

    2021-04-27
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates April 27, 2021 1. The Supreme People’s Court and the Beijing High Court issued 2020 intellectual property typical cases On April 22, 2021, the Supreme People’s Court held press conference and released the People’s Court’s Intellectual Property Protection Plan 2021 to 2025, 2020 Top 10 Annual Intellectual Property Cases, and 2020 50 Intellectual Property Typi...

  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – April 20, 2021

    2021-04-20
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates April 20, 2021 1. Alibaba fined for RMB 18.22 billion for abuse of market dominance On April 10, 2021, the State Administration of Market Regulation (“SAMR”) rendered a decision finding Alibaba Group Holding Limited (“Alibaba”) abused its market dominance, imposed a fine of RMB 18.22 billion (USD 2.79 billion), and requested Alibaba to conduct full rectifica...

  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – April 13, 2021

    2021-04-13
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates April 13, 2021 1. Selected CNIPA administrative enforcement guiding cases Case 1: Dun & Bradstreet trademark infringement In March 2019, Shanghai Huaxia Dun & Bradstreet Information Consulting Co. Ltd., (“Huaxia DUNS”) filed a trademark infringement complaint with the Shanghai Chongming District Market Supervision Administration (“MSA”) against Shang...

  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – April 8, 2021

    2021-04-08
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates April 8, 2021 1. LEGO won RMB 30 million in a trademark infringement dispute The Guangdong High Court rendered the final decision regarding the trademark infringement and unfair competition disputes between the “LEGO in Chinese (乐高)” mark owned by LEGO Juris A/S (“LEGO”) and the “Le Pin in Chinese (乐拼)” mark. The court held that the manufacturers of “Le ...
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