Last year, right holders in China have seen a number of major developments including; a milestone Supreme Court judgment dealing with trademark squatting, new specialized cyberspace courts, a new E-Commerce law, clarification...more
2/27/2019
/ China ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cybersecurity ,
E-Commerce ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
OEM ,
Supreme People's Court of China ,
Trademark Infringement ,
Trademark Litigation ,
Trademark Registration ,
Trademark Squatting ,
Trademarks
In a recent judgment, China’s highest court, the Supreme People’s Court (“SPC”), dealt a significant blow to trademark squatters. The case is noteworthy for several reasons...more
On 26 October 2018, the Standing Committee of China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) issued a Decision setting out the establishment of a new IP Court of Appeals at the national level within the Supreme People’s Court...more
11/9/2018
/ Administrative Proceedings ,
Appeals ,
Appellate Courts ,
China ,
Copyright ,
Infringement ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Jurisdiction ,
Patents ,
Supreme People's Court of China ,
Trademarks
China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) recently circulated its Draft “Provisions on Several Issues concerning the Adjudication of Administrative Cases on Granting and Affirming Patent Rights (I)”...more
8/17/2018
/ Administrative Review ,
China ,
Claim Construction ,
Design Patent ,
Life Sciences ,
Patent Examinations ,
Patent Validity ,
Patents ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Supreme People's Court of China
China’s Supreme People’s Court (“SPC”) has recently published its list of the “top 10 significant IP cases” for 2017, which it has done yearly since 2007. ...more
6/28/2018
/ Beverage Manufacturers ,
China ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Jaguar ,
Markush Grouping ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Plant Patents ,
Supreme People's Court of China ,
Trade Dress ,
Trademark Infringement ,
Trademark Squatting ,
Trademarks ,
Unfair Competition