Awareness of local courts and judges' practices as well as understanding of the laws, judicial trends and case outcomes are critical for MNCs' IP protection in China
July 11, 2014
Intellectual Property
The Supreme People's Court has released its report on the leading IP cases of 2013. The judges have clarified some issues but left important questions about the new procedural rules unanswered
July 11, 2014The new Implementing Regulations fail to pick up on the many issues raised by the revised Trademark Law, such as clarifying OEM limits, enforcing against those who facilitate infringement, calculating illegal operations and questioning the legitimacy of “good faith” sellers, says Jack Chang
July 11, 2014This year's report has derived 39 law application issues with general guiding significance from 30 carefully selected typical cases.
July 10, 2014Issued: June 11 2014 Main contents: The Provisions prohibit business operators from reaching monopolistic agreements in the course of the exercise…
June 23, 2014This year's INTA Annual Meeting in Hong Kong included a record number of sessions on China. Here is our summary of the lessons for trademark owners
May 16, 2014Despite the rapid progress China has made in IP protection, two issues stood out at the INTA Annual Meeting this week – the weaknesses in the latest amendments to the Trademark Law and the challenges of enforcing against counterfeiters
May 16, 2014Despite the rapid progress China has made in IP protection, two issues stood out at the INTA Annual Meeting this week – the weaknesses in the latest amendments to the Trademark Law and the challenges of enforcing against counterfeiters
May 16, 2014Recent cases involving Taobao, Baidu and Tudou have shown the courts' desire to improve IP protection online by increasing the obligations of internet service providers to deal with infringing content
May 08, 2014