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Embracing Change and Redefining the Future ——International Trademark Association 2020 Annual Meeting and Leadership Meeting Held Online in November

The International Trademark Association ("INTA") 2020 Annual Meeting & Leadership Meeting ("2020 Annual Meeting") was held online from November 9 to November 20. As an annual, international, premier event in the intellectual property (IP) industry, INTA’s 2020 Annual Meeting

“Good Doctor” finally won “Ping An Good Doctor” in trademark battle ——Privately-owned enterprise well-known trademark protection and intellectual property protection thoughts

Summary  The constant high-intensity input in the brand's intellectual property protection perspective makes Good Doctor Company have zero tolerance towards the entangling trademark infringement. It also makes the "Good Doctor" v. "Ping An Good Doctor" trademark inv

Judgment and Analysis of the Conflicts between Graphic Design Patents and Prior Trademark Rights

Due to the similarities between the graphic design patent right and prior trademark right of the graphic design products, the rights of the two are easily confused, and conflicts occur from time to time. There are major disagreements in practice and theory regarding how to resolve contradictions in

The Protection of Interlocking Toys Inspired by LEGO-brand Toys

1. Rights Protection of LEGO-brand ToysLEGO is a world-renowned toy brand, and its main products are interlocking plastic bricks. Its block toys involve knowledge in mechanics, mathematics, energy, physics, automatic control, programming and its other products cover fields of education, film and tel

Res Judicata: Applicable Doctrine in Chinese Patent Invalidation Procedures

In China, a patent invalidation procedure,1[1] initiated by a requester, is an administrative right confirmation procedure for improperly granting a patent right set up by the National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA). The procedure is before the Patent Reexamination Board (the PRB), who