A Dutch company of starch products is the applicant of Chinese trademarks Avebe. In June, 2016, the company requested to record the change of address of the applicant for its Chinese trademarks Avebe with the Chinese Trademark Office (hereinafter refer to

A famous U.S. kayak manufacturer owns a trademark comprising its trade name, product name and device. After years of use, such trademark has gained quite high fame and influence. The trademark owner applied for international registration for this mark and

A famous sporting goods manufacturer of Netherlands owns the trademark SPIETH, which has obtained quite high reputation and influence after years of use. The trademark owner applied for international registration for this mark and designated China in 2012

In this case, the clients application for registration of a word device mark in Class 39 (transport services, chauffeur services, organization tourism services, etc.), represented by another IP firm, was refused by the Chinese Trademark Office. The client

In China the first-to-file rule is adopted for trademark registration for encouraging right-owners to seek protection for their mark as earlier as possible. This, however, also causes such problems that some individuals or companies might file application

Chongqing local Li Jian recently found himself in hot water after documents showed the name of his 12-year-old restaurant in the Shangqingsi area was trademarked by another company. Li started to run a sidewalk food stall at the night market in the 1990s.

A Chinese technology company in Shanghai is suing Apple Inc. and another local company for infringement of its trademark and unfair competition, a local court said on Monday. Representatives of Shanghai Yishijia Network Technology Co., Ltd filed a lawsuit

The trade body that protects the Scotch Whisky industry has opposed more than 100 bogus trademark applications in the last year, according to its annual report. In the document, released by the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA), it said it had been forced t

By Ling Zongliang, Intellectual Property Tribunal of Shanghai Second Intermediate Peoples Court (China IP) Synopsis Under the trademark registration mechanism, though the protection of the exclusive right for registered trademark does not depend on actual

As the world's healthcare giant, Johnson Johnson has sued Guilin Zhonghui Biotechnology Co. for many times since 2006 for trademark infringement. Recently, the Trademark Appeal Board (TRAB) under the State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) r