Article 10 of the Trademark Law stipulates several situations in which "shall not be used as trademarks". Among those, item (7) regulates that “Those in the nature of fraud in advertising that easily confuses the public with the quality or other characteristics or origins of the goods, or the place

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On March 3, 2021, the Supreme Peoples Court issued the Interpretation of the Supreme Peoples Court on the Application of Punitive Damages in the Trial of Civil Cases of Infringement of Intellectual Property Rights (hereinafter referred to as the Interpretation).The Interpretation made specific provi

On December 14, 2020, the CNIPA issued the leading case for Administrative Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights "Investigation and Handling of Shanghai Zhangyuan Information Technology Co., Ltd.s Infringement on the Exclusive Right of D&Bs Registered Trademark by the Market Supervision Bureau

It is stipulated in the newly revised Patent Law in Article 42 Paragraph 3: "For the purpose of making up the time required for the assessment and approval of the marketing of a new drug, the patent administrative department of the State Council may, at the request of the patentee, provide patent te