Trademark

China Trademark and Brand Development Index 2021: which are China's top provinces?

The China Trademark Association (CTA) on December 24 released the 2021 edition of the China Trademark and Brand Development Index (CTBDI) (《中国商标品牌发展指数》) to evaluate China’s development status of trademarks and brands by province in 2020. Guangdong province ranks first with 89.31

China's most high-profile insurance IP case closed

China’s Beijing Intellectual Property Court in September agreed with a lower court’s ruling that Shanghai Jambo Health Technology Group Co., Ltd. (上海亿保健康科技集团有限公司) violated Taikang Life Insurance Co., Ltd. (泰康人寿保险股份有限公司)’s trademark rights and ordered appellant Jambo to cease the

CNIPA invalidates trademark of German liquor's copycat

The China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) on August 27 invalidated the registration of the trademark 野格哈古雷斯 owned by St. Laura (Qingdao) Industry Co., Ltd (圣罗拉(青岛)酒业有限公司).

USPTO sanctions Chinese trademark agency by terminating over 15,000 U.S. trademark applications

​On December 10, 2021, the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a final order for sanctions against a Shenzhen-based intellectual property agency.

France's L'Oréal S.A. pushes for more cosmetics trademark applications in China

International cosmetics conglomerates are continuously stepping up their branding push in on the Chinese market.