The China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) issued Guidance on Distinctive Characters for Non-traditional Trademarks on 29 December 2023. In the first of two articles, Ling Zhao and Shufang Zhang summarise the Guidance....

On 29 December 2023, the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) issued the Guidance on the Correct Understanding of Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of Trademark Registration. The Guidance aims to help improve und...

The Beijing High Court upheld the judgement of the Beijing IP Court, which recognised Jgermeister as a well-known trademark in Chinese and awarded 10 million RMB in damages to the Jgermeister trademark owner....

On September 20, 2023, the CNIPA issued Guidance for Same-Day Trademark Applications (hereafter referred to as the Guidance). The Guidance was made to help trademark applicants in understanding the rules and procedures of same-day trademark applications. ...