On January 13, 2023, the Chinese National Intellectual Property Administration, consisting of the Trademark Office, issued a notice soliciting opinions on the draft amendment of the Trademark Law of the People’s Republic of China. Although the draft amendment does not represent the final version for …
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The PRC Supreme Prosecutorate publishes the most prominent IPR criminal cases
You may wonder why the Posecutorate Office has anything to do with IPR enforcement. Well, the Prosecutorate is an integral part of the IPR enforcement regimes in China because it presses charges against IPR infringement criminal cases. There are several crimes specified in the PRC Criminal Law that …
Small steps to prevent trademark disasters in China
It has not been uncommon for small and medium companies, be it a start-up or an established institute, to meet trademark hurdles even disasters in China. Those affected companies either cannot carry on with their business under a particular trademark or have to pay millions to get back their …
