In order to effectively resolve longstanding practical issues - such as the lack of coordination between various administrative procedures for trademark authorization and confirmation, as well as between administrative and judicial procedures, which often

Recently, the Trademark Office of the CNIPA issued the guides to stay trademark review cases, which outlines seven specific situations for mandatory stay and three situations for optional stay, aiming to facilitate flexible operation in trademark review p

The Supreme People's Court of China issued the Opinions on Promoting the Reform of Separating Complicated Administrative Litigation Proceedings from Simple Ones on May 14, 2021. This judicial interpretation specifically stipulates in Article 2 that admini

In order to save administrative resources, improve administrative efficiency, and protect the certainty of trademark allowance and confirmation, Article 62 of the Implementing Regulations of the Trademark Law stipulates the Res judicata, which means that

Recently, the CNIPA issued a notice on Expediting Examination of Post-Registration Business such as Trademark Modification, Assignment, and Renewal, further clarifying the scope of trademark business that can be expedited and the nine situations in which

On April 23, 2019, the president of the Peoples Republic of China, Jinping Xi, signed the Order of the President No. 29 and issued the revisions to the Trademark Law of the Peoples Republic of China and the Anti-Unfair Competition Law. This has been the f

Original equipment manufacturer (OEM), in this article, refers to a business model in which a domestic manufacturer in China, under the commission of an overseas company, processes and manufactures products labeled with overseas trademarks. These trademar

In practice, to overcome a cited trademark that has been registered for more than three years, trademark applicants usually consider filing a cancellation application against the cited trademark on the grounds of non-use for three consecutive years. In ca

Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) manufacture goods in China with foreign trademarks labelled under the instruction of overseas parties. The overseas parties then pay the manufacturing fees and import all the finished goods into a foreign market for

Trademark serves as an identifier of the source of goods or service and reflects the reputation of a business and the quality of the products and services. The increasing awareness for brand establishment and protection has stimulated the demand for trade