New Balance Athletic Shoe Inc recently won an intellectual property dispute in China. Chinese manufacturers copy products but sell them with a slight modification of the brand name. For the copied New Balance shoes, customers were faced with similar looking… Continue Reading →
The total number of patents issued in 2016 in China increased 24% to over 1.2 million. Patent lawsuits in China were recently reported to have increased by 37% to 28,916 in 2016 when compared with 2015 figures. Patent lawsuits related… Continue Reading →
Global automobile manufacturer Mercedes-Benz is well known for its luxury vehicles, buses, coaches, and trucks. The company is now expanding into electric cars and will create a new “EQ” sub-brand for a range of electric vehicles to include two saloons… Continue Reading →
The government of China recently awarded US President Donald Trump a 10-year trade mark right to his own name for construction services. The registration was a surprise win following a decade long battle trying to obtain the rights to his… Continue Reading →
Danish toy giant LEGO has won its landmark copyright case against copycat products in China. It’s the first competition case Lego has won against Chinese companies that have been making products that are almost the same as its iconic toy… Continue Reading →
Thanks to China’s positive efforts to bring its IP legal system into line with the US, Europe and the UK, China has made huge changes over the last decade. The country laid out a strategic goal in 2008 of reaching… Continue Reading →
Michael Jordan asked Chinese authorities in 2012 to revoke Qiaodan Sports Co’s trade marks, which featured a similar name and logo to Jordan’s Nike-produced brand and he claimed mislead consumers about its ties to him. In a recent ruling by… Continue Reading →
In 2016 the Guangzhou IP Court granted its first ever preliminary injunction since its establishment in 2014. The injunction was given to French designer brand Christian Louboutin owner of three Chinese registered designs covering the lid and container of a… Continue Reading →
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