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  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – July 29, 2023

    2023-07-29
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates June 29, 2023 1. “Modern in Chinese” constitutes well-known mark on automobiles related goods and imitated mark is invalidated Disputed Mark Cited Mark Henan Liyang Vehicle Industry Co., Ltd. (“Liyang”) filed an appeal against a judgment of the Beijing Intellectual Property Court for administrative trademark litigation on invalidation against the  ...

  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – July 21, 2023

    2023-07-21
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates June 21, 2023 1. BMW’s “iDrive” mark disputes came to an end. The Disputed Mark constituted  as “squatted with unfair means” Disputed Mark The Beijing High Court recently concluded an administrative litigation for trademark invalidation regarding the “IDRIVEERPLUS” (“Disputed Mark”) with Reg. No. 34925244. The court invalidated the Disputed Mark o...

  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – July 12, 2023

    2023-07-12
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates June 12, 2023 1. The “Skoda & Design” mark was recognized as well-known in a trademark invalidation against “Wan Si Ke Da in Chinese” The Beijing High Court recently concluded an administrative trademark invalidation dispute between the the appellant the CNIPA, the appellee Skoda Automobile Co., Ltd. (“Skoda”), and Lijun Zhao, the third party in the orig...

  • Beijing East IP Newsletter No. 103

    2023-07-10

    China IP News
     Takeaway Tips for IP Practice in China

  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – July 4, 2023

    2023-07-04
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates July 4, 2023 1. Changes in the pre-docketing system of the Beijing Intellectual Property Court Recently, the Beijing Intellectual Property Court has reformed the pre-docketing system. Previously, the pre-docketing system was only applicable to foreign, Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan entities, as the formality documents of such entities required notarization an...

  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – June 28, 2023

    2023-06-28
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates June 28, 2023 1. The Beijing Intellectual Property Court released the Proposal on Online Submission of Litigation Materials in Electronic Format On June 25, the Beijing IP Court released the Proposal on Online Submission of Litigation Materials in Electronic Format (“Proposal”), advocating that the parties should choose to use online litigation platforms to ...

  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – June 20, 2023

    2023-06-20
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates June 20, 2023 1. Lululemon won RMB 1 million in damages The Meizhou Intermediate Court of Guangdong concluded a first-instance judgment on the trademark infringement dispute between Canada Lululemon Sports Goods Co., Ltd. (“Lululemon”) and an individual Zhang. The court ordered Zhang to immediately stop trademark infringement and compensate Lululemon for ec...

  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – June 14, 2023

    2023-06-14
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates June 14, 2023 The Standards for Suspension of Trademark Review and Adjudication  The CNIPA recently released the Standards for Suspension of Trademark Review and Adjudication (the “Standards”) that lists the circumstances to grant a suspension for a pending trademark review case. The Standards states that the precondition of a suspension is the petitioner’s ...

  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – June 7, 2023

    2023-06-07
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates June 7, 2023 1. Victorinox’s “Cross and Shield” marks were intentionally infringed with bad faith. The infringers were ordered to pay RMB 3 million in compensation The Beijing Xicheng District Court recently concluded a trademark infringement lawsuit between Victorinox AG (“Victorinox”), Beijing Weishi Elite Trading Co., Ltd. (“Elite”), and Shanghai Baoshun ...

  • Weekly China Trademark News Updates – May 30, 2023

    2023-05-30
    Weekly China Trademark News Updates May 30, 2023 1. Sandisk’s red-grey color combination mark was infringed and the infringer was held to be unfairly compete with Sandisk The Shenzhen Intermediate Court recently concluded a trademark infringement and unfair competition lawsuit between SanDisk Co., Ltd. (“SanDisk”), Nanning Big Whale Trading Co., Ltd. (“Nanning Big Whale”), and Shenzhen Big Wha...
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