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Labubu and La-No-No: Navigating Trade Dress in Plush Toys

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 7/17/2025

Most companies would love to have their product become a viral sensation, but in the age of viral media and “internet dupes,” companies are forced to fire on all cylinders to successfully secure and defend the intellectual...more

U.S. Trade Representative Releases 2025 Special 301 Report

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP on 5/7/2025

On April 29th, Ambassador Jamieson Greer, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), issued the 2025 Special 301 Report. In a press release (being quite different in tone from many over the past decade), the USTR stated that "[o]ur...more

International Trade Commission Issues Report of COVID-19 IP Waiver

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP on 11/9/2023

It came as something of a shock in May, 2021 when the Biden administration voiced support for waiver of intellectual property protection mandated under the TRIPS agreement for COVID-19 vaccines (see "Biden Administration...more

Growing Infringement of OEM IP Rights on Online Marketplaces

Foley & Lardner LLP on 10/17/2023

Sales of consumer products through online marketplaces have been commonplace for years and account for a significant portion of the total consumer products marketplace. Sellers of industrial products such as replacement...more

China Starts Registering Trademarks Filed for NFTs and Virtual Goods in the Metaverse

Quarles & Brady LLP on 9/21/2023

The Trademark Office of the China National Intellectual Property Administration (“Chinese Trademark Office” or “the Office”) has recently approved a slew of marks filed for non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”) and other goods and...more

Southern District of New York Enjoins AlibabaCoin from Using Alibaba Trademark

Burr & Forman on 10/26/2018

On October 22, 2018, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York granted Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba’s application for a preliminary injunction against cryptocurrency startup Alibabacoin...more

Checking in on China: Developments in Litigation and Policy and How They Impact Foreign Intellectual Property

Baker Donelson on 12/6/2017

In the latter portion of 2017, announcements from both business and government have drawn renewed attention to the gradually increasing focus being paid by the Chinese government to protection of foreign intellectual property...more

Trademark Owners Beware of Chinese Domain Name Marketing Ploy

Jaburg Wilk on 3/28/2017

Some e-mail marketing ploys are pretty clever and some spam or phishing attempts brilliantly disguised as valid e-mail. While there are many great reasons to register your trademark with the United States Patent & Trademark...more

UK, US, HK and China – Access denied: an international perspective on ISP blocking injunctions

Hogan Lovells on 1/13/2017

While the UK Court of Appeal has opened the door for broadband ISP blocking to combat trademark or copyright-infringing activities, the picture in the United States, China and Hong Kong is more complex. ...more

2016: A Full Bouquet of Wine Fraud

K2 Integrity on 12/5/2016

The rapid growth of the international wine market has given rise to a simultaneous growth in wine fraud. The burgeoning demand, especially in China, has exposed all players—collectors, investors, vineyards, distributors, and...more

Air Jordan Grounded in China

Weintraub Tobin on 8/3/2015

Michael Jordan is considered by many to be the greatest basketball player of all time. Beyond his five MVP trophies and six NBA championship rings, however Jordan also was the one of the most widely marketed athletic...more

Tesla Successfully Resolves Chinese Trademark Dispute

Further to our recent Tesla Motors post, Bloomberg and BNA report that Tesla has resolved its trademark dispute with Zhan Baosheng, the individual who registered the TESLA marks in China. ...more

10 Popular Reads Covering Latest European Union Developments

JD Supra Perspectives on 7/16/2014

Recap of popular updates covering latest developments in the European Union....more

And Speaking of Foreign Trademark Filing Strategy: Tesla Motors is Sued in China for Trademark Infringment

Further to our recent post about the worldwide trademark trials and tribulations of Anheuser-Busch and its BUDWEISER trademark, we now report that the up-and-coming electric car manufacturer Tesla Motors Inc. has been sued...more

The Changing Landscape of Intellectual Property in China

Robins Kaplan LLP on 6/10/2014

Big changes have come to China in the field of intellectual property, and with those changes we’ve seen a notable increase in the number of companies, both domestic and foreign, that have attempted to leverage the newfound...more

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