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The long-awaited Supreme Court’s trademark judicial interpretation -“Provisions of the SPC on Certain Issues Related to Trials of Administrative Cases Involving the Grant and Confirmation of Trademark Rights” (“Provisions”) – has been just published in January 2017 and will enter into force on March 1st , 2017. The new Provisions address the outstanding challenges and…

Alibaba is trying to prove its continuing efforts in fighting counterfeits, as it has been put back to the Notorious Market List. Brand owners may evaluate the effectiveness of the “Big Data Anti-Counterfeiting Alliance” and see if it benefits their online enforcement programs.

On 16th January, Alibaba Group announced the establishment of “Big Data Anti-Counterfeiting…

 Authored by Mr. He Jing (hejing@anjielaw.com) and Ms. Lyu Pei (lvpei@anjielaw.com) at Anjie Law Firm

Precis: Ground-breaking decisions have made merchandising rights a useful tool in the battle against bad-faith trademarks

Many rights holders have had frustrating experiences when it comes to fighting bad-faith trademark squatters in China. However, several recent cases have…

 Authored by Mr. He Jing (hejing@anjielaw.com), Mr. Zhao Kefeng (zhaokefeng@anjielaw.com) and Ms. Anita Chen at Anjie Law Firm

China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) recently held that an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) may not be held liable for trademark infringement for exporting products bearing a trademark that is registered outside China.  The SPC ruled

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Authored by Mr. Zhao Kefeng (zhaokefeng@anjielaw.com) and Mr. Han Jinwen (hanjinwen@anjielaw.com) at Anjie Law Firm

In a recent trademark opposition case involving the famous film Kung Fu Panda , the Beijing  Higher  People’s Court  has confirmed that DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc had prior "merchandising rights"  in the name  of the film and refused

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