The Dorsey Trademark, Copyright + Advertising team is back from the 2025 International Trademark Association Meeting. It was one for the books. We mixed and mingled with old and new colleagues and as well as our friends from...more
5/27/2025
/ Advertising ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Celebrities ,
Copyright ,
Corporate Branding ,
Dispute Resolution ,
Greenwashing ,
Influencers ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
License Agreements ,
Mediation ,
Trademarks ,
USPTO
In our last post on extraterritorial injunctions, we examined a recent decision from Hong Kong and how a brand owner was able to successfully enjoin infringers in mainland China. We will now look at a recent case in the U.S....more
Foreign brand owners whose brands are being infringed in other countries may have an avenue to pursue extraterritorial injunctions. In this two part post, we examine how two courts: one in Hong Kong and the other in the U.S....more
China has been speeding up its legislative efforts in protecting trademark rights and improving its trademark administration. In 2021, China issued a number of new rules and regulations on trademark practice....more
1/11/2022
/ Bad Faith ,
Brand ,
China ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
International Trademark Protection ,
Prior Use ,
Trademark Cancellation ,
Trademark Office ,
Trademark Registration ,
Trademarks
On June 19, 2020, the Trade Marks (Amendment) Ordinance was published in the Gazette of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, providing a basis for the application of the Madrid Protocol, consolidating the...more
On April 23, 2019, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China promulgated the fourth revision of the Trademark Law of the People’s Republic of China which will come into effect...more