A decision rendered by the Putuo District Court of Shanghai in October 2022 has been freshly published by IPHouse, bringing it centre stage once more. In this, court dismissed a trademark infringement...

On 12 June 2023 the Beijing High Court rendered a decision finding that a trademark squatter that had not entered into business relations with the brand owner should be deemed as having “other relati...

Over the past two years, China has been reforming and optimising its judicial and administrative systems for trademarks. As part of these reforms, the first draft of an amendment to the Chinese Tradem...

Plaintiff Johnson Electric, which was incorporated in Hong Kong on 25 April 1960, manufactures electric motors in mainland China via half a dozen affiliated companies, with the first one having been c...

TOMMY HILFIGER v TOMMY CROWN: ‘transformative use’ of registered trademark found to be infringing

In a recently surfaced administrative decision, the Beijing Intellectual Property Court has sided with the applicant for a defensive trademark, finding no foul play in the applicant’s conduct. Render...

On January 13, 2023, the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) published on its official website the draft fifth amendment to the Trademark Law (with a call for public comments) ...

Based in Switzerland, LVMH Swiss Manufactures SA (‘LVMH Swiss’) is a wholly owned subsidiary of the LVMH Group, offering luxury watches reflecting Swiss watchmaking excellence. TAG Heuer is a watchm...

Hermès is a prestigious French fashion house. Since 1837, it has remained faithful to its artisanal model and humanist values. The Hermès brand and the iconic commercial designs associated with Herm...

The Bureau National Interprofessionnel du Cognac (BNIC) is a coordination and decision-making body for the Cognac industry, comprising an equal number of winegrowers and merchants. The primary mission...

In the Emerson case in April relating to the reimbursement of expenses in trademark administrative actions, the Fujian High People’s Court has confirmed the liability of the agency, Xin Jun Intellect...

In the beginning of the year 2018, the China Trademark Office launched a vast consultation for the fourth revision of the Trademark Law, offering three full months to all parties concerned, both natio...