Trademark

On Rules for Determination of Trademark Infringement by Domain Names

1. To start from how general users usually memorize domain names in the Internet environment, the similarity between a domain name and a textual trademark should be determined primarily on their pronunciations and meanings, and secondly on the styles of the letters/numbers.

Reflections on the 4th Revision of Trademark Law (Ⅱ)

A few relations need to be adjusted While the above substantive and procedural issues need to be resolved, the following relations also need to be adjusted.

Reflections on the 4th Revision of Trademark Law (Ⅰ)

In April 2018, the 4th revision of the Trademark Law was initiated by official declaration of the Trademark Office of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce for public comment. The declaration points out that this revision “was to deeply carry out the spirit of 19th C

Strategies to Protect your Unregistered Trademark in China —From the Perspective of LAFITE Cases

A Throwback to “LAFITE” Cases in China CHÂTEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD, which was ranked the first place among the Five Grand Cru Class in 1855 and her wines have always been honored as “the Queen of the Wines”, enjoys a long history and achieves high worldwide reputation. Thanks to

The new European Union Trade Mark System (2016/2017)

My first article on a series on European system of trade marks and designs made explicitly reference to the EUIPO, its tasks, competencies and performance with regard to the management of the European Union Trade Mark (EUTM) system and the Community Design (CD) system.