China's trademark squatting problem goes global

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Chinese media reported the case between Qiaqia and OKAI as a victory of a domestic company over a foreign rival trying to block its entry into a new market. In fact, the case reveals how Chinese companies going abroad are making the same basic trademark errors that foreign companies make in China

People's Daily, the flagship newspaper of the Communist Party, reported that well-known domestic seeds and nuts producer Qiaqia had its case upheld before the German Federal Supreme Court last week. The case against OKAI already had two previous court decisions holding that OKAI must cancel its registration of Qiaqia's trademark.

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