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Monthly Archives: November 2016

How Should the Enterprise Design Its Own Trademark?

Trademark is the epitome an enterprise created for its own image at the starting phase. It is conceived and designed based on the name, business scope, location and corporate culture of an enterprise, and acts as its spiritual business card.[…]Read full blog

Conflicts between copyright and trademark​ right

According to the Chinese Copyright Law, copyright refers to the civil right enjoyed by the creators of literature, art and science works or other citizens, legal persons or entities without legal personality who are enjoying copyright, so as to domin[…]Read full blog

Trademark Opposition in Mainland of China

Trademark oppositions refer that the holders of prior rights and the interested parties deem the trademark preliminarily approved and published by CTMO is in lack of validity, proposing the trademark should not be approved to CTMO within three months[…]Read full blog

Patents in China

In order to obtain patent protection in China, the inventor or the owner of the invention has to file a Chinese patent application. The Chinese State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) is the government authority that receives and examines patent ap[…]Read full blog

What's Intellectual Property?

Intellectual property refers to “Obligee who enjoys an exclusive right over his creative fruits of intellectual labor”, normally the right can last for a certain period. All kinds of ...[…]Read full blog
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