On June 26, 2026, China's National People's Congress passed the newly revised Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China (the 2026 Revision). The new law, which contains 87 articles across nine chapters, will take effect on January 1, 2027. This revi

On June 26, 2026, the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress passed the newly revised Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China (the 2026 Revision). The new law, which contains 87 articles across nine chapters, will take effect on

On June 26, 2026, Chinas Standing Committee of the National People's Congress passed the newly revised Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China (the 2026 Revision). The new law consists of 87 articles across nine chapters and will take effect on Ja

On June 26, 2026, Chinas Standing Committee of the National People's Congress passed the newly revised Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China (the 2026 Revision). The new law expands to 87 articles across nine chapters, compared with the current

The current Trademark Law (fourth revision in 2019) contains 73 articles across 8 chapters. On December 22, 2025, the draft revision of the Trademark Law (exposure draft) was submitted for first review to the Standing Committee of the National People's Co

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