Tag Archive: China Trademark
First comprehensive set of regulations to boost protection
Shenzhen in South China's Guangdong province will roll out a new set of intellectual property protection regulations in the near future, with the draft expected to be submitted to the standing committee of the city's legislators at the end of this mo[…]Read full blog
China to set up technical support system against IP infringement
China is looking to establish a technical support system to detect, monitor and track evidence of intellectual property (IP) infringement and counterfeiting by 2020.[…]Read full blog
Fake products in the crosshairs as buyers get more protection
The market regulator is cracking down on those who manufacture and sell counterfeit or fake products after the Nasdaq-listed online discounter Pinduoduo was the center of heated debate for allowing third-party vendors to offer such goods in violation[…]Read full blog
China publicized the revised Regulations on the Protection of Olympic Symbols
Recently, Premier Li Keqiang signed a decree of State Council to publicize the revised Regulations on the Protection of Olympic Symbols (or “the Regulations”) expected to take effect starting from July 31, 2018.[…]Read full blog
Celebrity name trademarks kicked into spotlight
Flurry of filings of 'Mbappe' after French soccer star scores big at World Cup
While the curtain has fallen on the 2018 FIFA World Cup, competition on another turf is still going strong.[…]Read full blog
Investment, talent, not theft, drive China's R&D
China has made remarkable breakthroughs in science and technology during the four decades of reform and opening-up. For example, it has achieved progress in the fields of manned spaceship, deep submarine, supercomputers, and quantum communications te[…]Read full blog
SIPO released the IPR statistics after its reorganization
The State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) held the Q3 press conference on July 10 in Beijing. This is the first time for SIPO to release the statistics about patent, trademark and geographic indications after it is reorganized.[…]Read full blog
Liu Junchen at the second Trademark Review Conference in 2018: shortening the trademark registration cycle and promoting the development of brand economy
The second Trademark Review Conference in 2018 was held in Jinan, Shandong on July 13. Liu Junchen, secretary and deputy director of the State Intellectual Property Office, attended the meeting and delivered a speech. He pointed out that[…]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
China joins world’s top 20 most innovative economies for first time; US falls to No 6
China has joined the world’s top 20 most innovative economies for the first time while the United States has fallen out of the five top-ranked countries.[…]Read full blog