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Malicious trademark registration is a pain in China over the years. It causes damages to other party’s legitimate rights and interests, increases pressure to the examination capacity of CNIPA an...
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The applicants may face difficulties to register three-dimensional trademarks in China. According to the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA)’s guide for trademark examina...
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Although China adopts the principle of registration in trademark protection, it offers certain protection for prior used and unregistered marks in some circumstances. The China Trademark Law has gone ...
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Before the amendment to the Chinese Trademark Law (2013), the China Trademark Office only accepted single-class trademark applications. However, after the implementation of the new law on May 1, 2014,...
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In the procedures of trademark opposition and review of disapproval of trademark registration, the involved parties (e.g. the opponent and the opposed party) may reach a settlement, such as a trademar...
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About six months ago the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) set a goal to shorten the average examination period of trademark registration applications to less than 4 months a...
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