Trademark

China’s 9 exemplary trademark opposition and reexamination proceedings of 2021

The China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) published a list of nine exemplary trademark proceedings, including five trademark opposition ones, one review one, and three invalidation ones. Article 2 of the Trademark Law of the People’s Republic of China provides that in principle

Swedish seal maker Roxtec confirms $75,000 win in trademark suit

China’s Shanghai Intellectual Property Court in February upheld a lower court ruling in favor of Swedish seal maker Roxtec International AB (烙克赛克) in a trademark infringement lawsuit lodged by it against Chinese competitor Shanghai Yibo Shipping Co., Ltd. (上海怡博船务有限公司), ordering Yibo to pay 500,000 y

Ultraman’s Chinese licensee wins $120,000 in trademark suit

China’s Beijing Intellectual Property Court in April ruled in favor of Chinese licensing company Shanghai Character License Administrative Co., Ltd. (SCLA) (上海新创华文化发展有限公司), a licensed manager and operator of the intellectual property rights of Japanese special effects studio Tsuburaya Productions, i

Haidian Court releases top 10 digital unfair competition cases

China’s Haidian People’s Court of Beijing city on April 19 released the 2022 white paper on the enforcement and protection of intellectual property rights in the district, reviewing the quality of its adjudication of unfair competition litigation over novel digital assets of the most

Procurement service can be infringement without legality examination

Hangzhou Yuhang District People’s Court has made a ruling of a trademark infringement case and held that the Defendant Chow, has infringed Zhejiang Reach Technology Co.’s trademark “MeO” by using it in its online store on taobao.com. The court also awarded 35,000 yuan d