CNIPA issued Standards for Judging General Trademark Violations on December 13, 2021. The Standards take effect on January 1, 2022. It is necessary for the trademark owners to pay attention and stay alert in the course of trademark use so as to avoid trig...

In a recent landmark decision, the Supreme Peoples Court of the PRC (SPC) held that a unique term created in a fictional work is capable of being protected as a prior right to invalidate the same later trademark registration, so long as it meets certain r...

Two years after Chinas new Trademark Law was enacted, Xiaoping Wei of CCPIT Patent Trademark Law Office examines the impact it has had on trademark protection It has been more than two years since the promulgation and implementation of Chinas new Trademar...

The trademark owners have been hoping for an expedited examination process, making it possible for the trademarks to get registered quickly for protection in China particularly when the trademarks need quick protection in light of the pressing need for th...