Category: Cases
TCP’s Lawsuit against Red Bull China Rejected again
Recently, a legal document dated June 24, 2019 showed that a lawsuit filed by Thailand’s T.C. Pharmaceutical Industries Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as TCP) against Chinese Red Bull producers and sellers was rejected by the Zhejiang Provincial […]Read full blog
Administrative Disputes of Jinguizi Trademark
Liu Chunyan, the hostess of a famous Chinese TV progress Windmill, requested a trademark invalidation with the Trademark Review and Adjudication Board of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce (the commerce) after knowing that a Nanjing-b[…]Read full blog
ROUGHNECK Denied TM Registration for Negative Meaning
In an English- Chinese dictionary, roughneck means rude, or a rude fellow, or a noisy and rude fellow. But does it matter for trademark registration? A U.S. firm specialized in making safety gloves attempted to register ROUGHNECK and was denied for i[…]Read full blog
Trademark "ZARA" Gains Cross-Class Protetion in China
"ZARA" trademark application was filed by one individual surnamed Pan for the trademark to be used on Class 43 services including restaurants and cafeterias.[…]Read full blog
Dutch Firm VMI Gains Universal Nod in Invention Patent Dispute
Accusing Jiedong Shuangjun Rubber Machinery (renamed to Jieyang Shuangjun Rubber Machinery later) of infringing its ZL01806616. X patent, titled "tyre building drum provided with a turn- up device", VMI HOLLAND B.V. lodged a request to Guangdong Inte[…]Read full blog
‘SWISSGEAR’ Trademark Rejected by Beijing Court in Final Decision
Wenger S.A.’s filed an application for registration of “SWISSGEAR” trademark registration in China, in September 2007, to be used on Class 25 products including clothes and wallet, then was rejected successively by the Trademark Office (TMO) and Trad[…]Read full blog
Google Wins Trademark Registration Lawsuit in China
Google filed a registration with a figure trademark featuring a "play" button on downloadable software. After rejected by the Chinese Trademark Office(TMO) citing two prior trademarks, Google began its journey in seeking justice in Chinese authoritie[…]Read full blog
Yema Auto wins trademark case over Ford Mustang's Chinese name translation
Ford Motor Co's Mustang is known to many in China as yema, which means wild horse, but now the United States car manufacturer's dealers in the country will have to learn to pronounce its English name after Ford lost a lawsuit to a little-known carmak[…]Read full blog
Rights to Doraemon image ruled in Beijing
The Beijing Intellectual Property Court upheld the Trademark Review and Adjudication Board’s decision over the rights to popular Japanese cartoon image Doraemon at a recent trademark hearing.[…]Read full blog
China's Supreme Court rules for Dior in intellectual property case and raps trademark office
The Supreme Court of China has ruled in favor of the French fashion house Christian Dior (DIOR.PA), overturning the lower court's ruling, and rapping the local trademark office for refusing an application by the firm for registration of a perfume bot[…]Read full blog