25th Mar 2021There has been a large increase in demand for UK trade marks and registered designs since Brexit, the UK IPO confirmed at our Spring Conference.Comparing January 2020 to 2021 UK trade mark applications were up by nearly 50% and the demand for UK registered designs was up by some 150%.Na
Recently, the Beijing Intellectual Property Court concluded an administrative dispute over the invalidity of the "snake head" graphic trademark. The Beijing Intellectual Property Court found that the third party Liu Mou's registered graphic trademark No. 15911982 (hereinafter referred
April 2, 2021Recently, the guangdong province higher people's court to "lego" v "happy together" series logo trademark infringement and unfair competition case to make a final judgment, concluded that "happy together" manufacturers in guangdong beauty to intelligenc
March 29, 2021 (Pictures from Internet) Recently, the Shanghai intellectual property court (hereinafter referred to as the Shanghai Intellectual Property court) ruled on Shanghai Guanshengyuan food co., LTD. (hereinafter referred to as the Shanghai Guanshengyuan company) and the
On March 26, Ant Technology Group Co., Ltd. and Hainan Qingde Information Technology Co., Ltd. announced the first-instance civil judgment on the trademark infringement dispute. According to the judgment, the plaintiff, Ant Group, claimed that Hainan Qingde Company’s use of the “Ant Loan”, “An
