2025-06-17 Assessing Trademark Infringement in the Realm of E-Commerce

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2025-06-13 Evolving Trends in Chinese Trademark Law: Empowering Registrants to Proactively Utilize the Registrations

In recent years, the increase in trademark registrations in China has led to some concerning trends, such as registration without use, malicious preemptive registrations, and trademark hoarding for sp

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2025-06-11 Revised Evidence Requirements for Non-Use Cancellations in China

The China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) has recently issued rectification notices to non-use cancellation applications. This initiative aims to enhance the standards for filing

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2025-06-11 Practice Tips: Steps to Take Once Your Trademark Being Squatted

Where the right owner fails to register their trademark promptly, allowing a squatter to take advantage and register it instead. Such registration not only results in the original owner losing control

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2025-06-11 Case Law: Foreign Trademarks Rejected on Absolute Grounds

Throughout the lengthy process of applying for a trademark, even if the trademark is an invented word in a foreign language, examiners often assign various "translations" to it. This can lead to rejec

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2025-06-11 Practice Tips: Applying Article 15 to Prevent Cooperative Party Bad Faith Registration

What is Article 15 of China Trademark Law About?The intent of Article 15, Paragraph 2 of the Trademark Law is to prevent individuals who are aware of another's trademark, due to their specific relatio

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2025-06-11 Strategies for Safeguarding TM Rights Following Unlawful TM Registration

Brands that are influential in their home markets need to actively pursue trademark registrations in other regions. Neglecting this can result in trademark squatting, which can hinder the brand's oper

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2025-06-11 Trademark Challenges Facing Imported Nutritional Products

The increasing demand for health-related products and the expansion of cross-border e-commerce have resulted in a significant influx of foreign nutritional products into the Chinese market. In 2023, r

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2025-06-11 Case Law: Not well-known trademark granted for cross-class protection

The disputes between Huatuo Sinopharm and Guangdong Huatuo Pharm continued for over 10 years, which received high attention from the China traditional pharm industry. In 2024, Beijing High People’s Co

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2025-06-10 Civil Liability Associated with Malicious Trademark Applications

In recent years, China has made significant strides in safeguarding the rights of trademark holders and fostering fair market competition by enhancing regulations against malicious trademark applicati

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2025-06-10 Violation of Agreement by Distributor Diversion, How to Solve the Problems?

In the legal relationship between suppliers and distributors, the term "diversion" often arises as a type of breach. It's important to understand that diversion is not a formal legal term; instead, it

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2025-02-05 Case Law: China Local Court Applying EU laws in Local Trademark Trials

Recently, the Suzhou Intermediate People's Court in Jiangsu Province delivered a final ruling on a trademark infringement and unfair competition case involving two Chinese photovoltaic companies. The

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