The Beijing High Court concluded a final judgment on the administrative trademark invalidation dispute between Junshan WANG, the CNIPA, and a third party, Zhiqiang FAN.

On May 20, 2024, at the 146th INTA at Atlanta, USA, the China Trademark Association Forum released the "Top 40 Chinese Trademark Agencies Serving Foreign Clients."

This Guidance was promulgated by IP tribunal of Shanghai High People’s Court in June, 2013.

On June 25, the Beijing IP Court released the Proposal on Online Submission of Litigation Materials in Electronic Format ("Proposal")...

"As long as the content inferred directly and unambiguously from the original disclosure is obvious to the person skilled in the art, such content belongs to the original disclosure."

The video game company Capcom used "街头霸王"/"街霸" as the Chinese name for its game "Street Fighter."

The State Intellectual Property Office issued Order No. 68. Under this Order, graphic user interface (GUI) is becoming eligible for design patent protection.

Since 2020, the Intellectual Property Utilization Promotion Department of the CNIPA has guided the China Trademark Association to compile and publish the "Trademark and Brand Development Index (TBDI),"...

Beijing Watches & Glasses Co., Ltd. ("Beijing Watch Company") applied for the registration of the mark "(JING HENG DE LI, the starting character...

Plaintiff Bin Li He Zong (Xiamen) Supply Chain Management Co., Ltd. ("Bin Li") appealed the CNIPA's decision to refuse the registration of the "Bently Lu Zhi in Chinese" mark with No. 41562537...

Houfu Qitian Digital Technology Co., Ltd. ("Houfu Qitian") was approved to register the 12 "Chang Gao Dian Xin in Chinese" trademarks in September and October 2022. In November 2022...

China is becoming an arena of significant importance where companies are taking advantage of patent portfolios against competitors.

On February 27, 2024, the Supreme People's Court held a press conference to announce that the People's Court case database is officially launched and open to the public (http://rmfyalk.court.gov.cn).

The Jinhua Intermediate Court of Zhejiang Province concluded an unfair competition lawsuit between Guangdong Kuai Ke E-Commerce Co., Ltd. ("KK") and Yiwu Sanwei Brand Management Co., Ltd. ("Yiwu Sanwei")...

As an indispensable part of a global IP strategy, importance of successfully enforcing IP right in China cannot be overstressed.

The DUCK KING trademark re-trial is listed as No. 7 of China 2013 Top 10 Innovative IP Cases (published by the Supreme People’s Court on April 21, 2014).

Nature Republic Co., Ltd. ("Nature Republic") is the exclusive licensee of the "NA YI QI ER in Chinese" mark with reg. no. 9481384 (license term: Jan. 1, 2018 to June 5, 2022...

Recently, the Tianjin No. 3 Intermediate Court made a final decision on a trademark infringement lawsuit in favor of Louis Vuitton Malletier ("LV")...

The Beijing High Court made a final decision on an administrative dispute case that affirmed the rejection of the "Zhamao in Chinese" trademark application.

The Beijing High Court recently concluded an administrative trademark invalidation dispute between the appellant Shanghai Jingnai Apparel Co., Ltd. ("Jingnai")...