Recently, DSM IP ASSETS B.V. (hereinafter referred as DSM B.V.) represented by CCPIT Patent and Trademark Law Office vs. the Trademark Review and Adjudication Board of the State Administration

"Fei cheng wu rao", which means "Do not disturb if you're not sincere", is a phrase often used in matrimonial advertisements in newspapers.

Back in the 2000s, if you were an IP rights holder, damages expectable from an infringement litigation possibly did not exceed $20,000 in average.

The Hague System for international design applications offers the owner of a design a means of obtaining up to 15 years of protection in several countries by filing one application in one language...

On June 20, 2020, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) published its 2020 version of draft amendments to Patent Law (2020 version) for comment.

In recent years, the number of trademark registration applications in China has been increasing year by year. With the rapid increase in the number of trademark registration applications in China

Article 70 of the Chinese Patent Law, which came into effect on October 1, 2009, reads: "Any person who, for production and business purpose uses, offers to sell or sells a patent-infringing product...

PUMA, translated as "彪马" (BIAO MA) in Chinese, was founded in Germany in 1948. It is a large multinational company aiming at clothing production. In the 1990s...

The China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) released the revised Implementing Regulations of the Patent Law as well as the Patent Examination Guidelines on December 21, 2023.

The Chinese government has paid increasing attention to the importance of intellectual property in recent years.

The 1999 Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs has been in effect in China since May 5, 2022.

An executive meeting of the State Council of China was held on April 12, 2018 and presided by Premier Mr. Li Keqiang.

The Chinese government has realised the importance of the patent system in promoting the innovation of technologies and has taken certain measures and steps to enhance the protection of patent rights.

On 29 December 2023, the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) issued the Guidance on the Correct Understanding of Classification...

Article 3 of the new JI provides for some typical situations that could serve as indications of intentional infringement of IPR.

An increasing number of foreign enterprises and individuals have filed Chinese patent applications in recent years.

From last year, with the improvement of China's industrial technological level as well as the tremendous changes in the international competitive environment, China's patent protection system and patent protection practices have also been changed and adapted to the same.

I n late 2022, China's Supreme Court presided over two prominent cases involving the patent and trade secrets of melamine, a widely used industrial compound.

In patent prosecution, reexamination or invalidation proceedings, the State Intellectual Property Office of China (SIPO) or the Patent Reexamination Board (PRB) undertakes examinations and informs the applicant...

At the end of 2014, TRAB issued 7 decisions respectively, all in favour of Siemens Ltd. China, declaring the respective registrations to be invalid.