Chivas Regal falls victim to bad-faith trademark filer

Beijing Intermediate People's Court has rejected Chivas Regal's trademark infringement lawsuit against clothing company Chivas Regal 88. Along with the high-profile problems of Apple and Hermes, the case highlights the weaknesses in China's Trademark Law.

4 minute readMarch 22, 2012 at 12:58 AM

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The PRC Trademark Law (中华人民共和国商标法) has come under fire again this year as the Court ruled against the Chivas Brothers, owned by Pernod Ricard, claiming insufficient evidence that a businessman only known

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