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  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – March 29, 2021

    2021-03-29
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates March 29, 2021 1. China National Intellectual Property Administration initiates special action against bad faith filings On March 15, 2021, the CNIPA issued the Special Action Plan for Cracking down on Malicious Preemptive Trademark Registration (“Action Plan”) specifically aims to crack down on trademark squatting, seeking unjustified interests, disrupting ...

  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – March 22, 2021

    2021-03-22
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates March 22, 2021 1. China’s First!  Brita won against an infringer who abused the administrative proceedings Brita GMBH (“Brita”) sued Shanghai Kangdian Industrial Co., Ltd. (“Kangdian”) for trademark infringement and unfair competition and requested for economic loss and reasonable legal costs. The court found Kangdian infringed upon Brita’s trademark rights...

  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – March 15, 2021

    2021-03-15
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates March 15, 2021 1. “Clubhouse” trademark filings exploded  Clubhouse is an invitation-only audio-chat iPhone app launched in April 2020 and has been praised as “Audio Twitter.” Clubhouse was already valued at USD 100 million during its testing phase with only 5000 users. In February 2021, after the completion of US $100 million series B funding, t...

  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – March 8, 2021

    2021-03-08
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates March 8, 2021 1. The Supreme People’s Court issued judicial interpretations regarding intellectual property punitive damages On March 3, 2021, the Supreme People’s Court issued the Interpretation of The Supreme People’s Court on the Application of Punitive Damages in Adjudicating Infringement of Civil Intellectual Property Infringement Cases (“Interpre...

  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – March 1, 2021

    2021-03-01
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates March 1, 2021 1. Criminal intellectual property offense can now be sentenced up to 10 years in jail The eleventh amendment of the China Criminal Law will come into force on March 1, 2021. Among the amendments regarding intellectual property protections, service trademarks protections were freshly added, crack down on copyright infringement were strengthened,...

  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – February 22, 2021

    2021-02-22
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates February 22, 2021 1. Burberry obtained its first preliminary injunction order against Baneberry Burberry Limited (“Burberry”) registered the “BURBERRY,” “ ,” “,” and “,” marks on clothing and related goods. Among them, “BURBERRY” and “” marks were recognized as well-known marks multiple times. Xinboli Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (“Xinboli”) is the licensee ...

  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – February 8, 2021

    2021-02-08
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates February 8, 2021 1. BP’s Helio logo recognized as a well-known mark against China Fuel BP P.L.C. (“BP”) appealed the unfavorable decision of an invalidation petition ruled by the CNIPA regarding the sunflower design mark owned by China National Fuel Group Co., Ltd. (“China Fuel”) in Class 4 with Reg. No. 7916482 (“Disputed Mark”). On the appeal, the Beijing ...

  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – February 1, 2021

    2021-02-01
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates February 1, 2021 1. The CNIPA published 2020 Annual Trademark Statistics In 2020, 5.76 million marks were registered from applicants worldwide. Although 2020 was hit by the pandemic, domestic applicants managed to file 7,553 trademark applications under the Madrid Protocol before the CNIPA. With a striking 64.7% year-on-year growth, the CNIPA closed 149,000 ...

  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – January 25, 2021

    2021-01-25
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates January 25, 2021 1. RMB 76.4 million (USD 11.8 million) damages ordered against Amazon Beijing Yanhuang Yingdong Technology Development Co., Ltd. (“Yanhuang”) sued Amazon.com, Inc.’s Chinese subsidiary, Amazon Connect Technology Services (Beijing) Co., Ltd. and a Chinese data center and cloud technology provider, Beijing Sinnet Technology Co., Ltd. (“Sinnet”...

  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – January 18, 2021

    2021-01-18
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates January 18, 2021 1. The first instance court fined the “Supreme” mark squatter for RMB 8.5 million On November 14, 2019, Chapter 4 Corp. (“Chapter 4”), owner of the famous “Supreme” skateboard and streetwear brand, filed an unfair competition lawsuit against Shanghai Jiao She International Trade Co., Ltd. and Zhejiang Outlet Plaza Co., Ltd. (the “Defendants”...
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