Trademark

China’s top court awards sports company Fila retrial win in trademark suit

China’s Supreme People’s Court on May 9 overturned a lower court ruling on appeal against Fila Sports Co., Ltd. (斐乐体育有限公司), a subsidiary of Chinese sports equipment multinational corporation Anta Sports Products Ltd., in a trademark lawsuit lodged by it against Fuzhou city, Jiangxi province-based Pe

German carmaker Daimler confirms $120,000 win in trademark suit

China’s Shanghai Intellectual Property Court has lately upheld a lower court ruling in favor of German carmaker Daimler AG (戴姆勒股份公司), renamed as the Mercedes-Benz Group in 2022, in a trademark lawsuit lodged by it against Shanghai Tonghe Auto Parts Co., Ltd. (上海同和汽配有限公司) and Shanghai Tonzie Auto Par

German pump maker Wilo wins $800,000 in trademark suit

China’s Beijing Intellectual Property Court on April 6 upheld a lower court ruling in favor of Wilo China Ltd. (威乐(中国)中国水泵系统有限公司), German pump maker Wilo SE’s Chinese unit, in a trademark lawsuit lodged by it against Weile Pump (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd. (威乐泵业(江苏)有限公司) and Beijing Yangguang Keyu Solar Ener

Thai energy drink Red Bull wins $32 mln in latest trademark vow in China

China’s Tianhe District People’s Court of Guangzhou city on May 7 ruled in favor of Thai drink maker T.C. Pharmaceutical Industries Co., Ltd. (天丝医药保健有限公司) in a lawsuit lodged by it against Guangdong Red Bull Vitamin Drink Co., Ltd. (RBVC) (广东红牛维他命饮料有限公司) and its two subsidiary companies in a lawsuit

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