Many companies are confronted with Chinese trademark squatting every year. Trademark squatting, in which someone else registers your trademark, suddenly prevents you from using your brand in China.

Keeping up with the international trend of privacy protection, China is pushing forward its legislation to encourage the healthy development of its digital economy.

Marketing with NFTs has become a new trend in China. Imagine how exciting when buying a piece of digital artwork on the internet and getting a unique digital token that proves your authority over the artwork you bought.

In a case that goes back as 2005, between Mondelez India Foods Pvt Ltd, better known as Cadbury, and Neeraj Food Products, the Delhi High Court has finally made its judgement, ruling in favor of the plaintiff.

China has a new Civil Procedure Law, which comes into force on 1 January 2024.

ChatGPT is blocked in China. It had the same destiny as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat and other Western social media platforms.

All websites with their own domain name that are hosted on the Chinese mainland territory are required to obtain such ICP license.

The latest version of the Guidance for Trademark Examination and Trial ("Guidance") introduced several new features to trademark procedural aspects.

Recently a dispute over collective trademarks has aroused heated debate across the Country. Roujiamo, also known as the Chinese hamburger, is one of the most famous street foods in China.

Chinese chain coffee brand Luckin Coffee, which aims to compete with Starbucks and owns the largest number of coffee shops in China, has faced a setback in Thailand due to a trademark dispute.

Only few months ago China has accessed the Hague Agreement concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs extending the routes available to obtain protection for a design.

On June 15, 2020, the SPC released for public comments a draft of the Provisions on Evidence in Civil Proceedings Involving IP Disputes ("the Draft", http://www.court.gov.cn/zixun-xiangqing-236421.html).

French courts have banned Swedish automobile brand Polestar from sale in France because of a dispute over infringement upon Citroën's logo design.

The revision of the Chinese Trademark Law in 2019 is a milestone and the revised Article 4 has grabbed the attention of many commenters: "A bad faith application for ...

The most basic of all IP related activities to be done when thinking to / starting to do business with a certain country or territory is to file the trademark for registration.

The present article touches the topic of refusal of registration issued by the Chinese Trademark Office (CNIPA) on the basis of lack of distinctiveness (art. 10 Chinese Trademark Law – "TML").

Recently, State Administration for Market Regulation released the Annual Report on China's Anti-monopoly Law Enforcement for 2021.

Beijing IP Court has recently published a decision about the infringement of copyright of the reproduction of the storyline and composition layout of three volumes of picture books...

It took 7 years and yet, the red sole of Christian Louboutin has been rejected to be registered as trademark in Japan.

Recently, on October 7th, 2023, the CNIPA published an official Notice by which it informed that, starting from December 1st, 2023, for all opposition cases, trademark agencies ...