Trademark

Red Bull Series Trademark Sentenced to Thailand Tencel -- Red Bull China may apply for Retrial

On December 21, 2020, the Supreme People’s Court made a final judgment, dismissed Red Bull Vitamin Beverage Co., Ltd. related to the claim of ownership of Red Bull series trademark rights, maintaining the original judgment in the first instance against Red Bull China own the legal rights and interes

Thirteen people were sentenced for produced and packaged more than 27,000 bottles of counterfeited Moutai liquor

The Intermediate People’s Court of Zunyi City, Guizhou Province recently opened a Court hearing on a case of counterfeiting registered trademarks. There were thirteen people produced and packaged more than 27,000 bottles of counterfeited Kweichow Moutai cross province. The defend

NBA Star Michael Jordan Name Right Dispute Case First Instance Sentenced

On December 30, 2020, the Shanghai Second Intermediate Court issued a verdict of the first instance in the case of former American professional basketball player Michael Jordan v. Qiaodan Sports Company and Bairen Trading Company for name rights disputes. So far, the dispute between the NBA bas

Amazon Lost the First Instance Trial in China in December

The civil judgment of the first instance of trademark infringement dispute between Beijing Yanhuang Yingdong Technology Development Co., Ltd. and Amazon Connect Technology Service (Beijing) Co., Ltd. The Beijing Higher People’s Court made a first-instance judgment: the defendants, Sinnet and Amazon.

COVID-19: Expedited Examination of Canadian Trademark Applications

On December 14, 2020, the trademarks and industrial design branch of the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (“CIPO”) published a practice notice entitled “Requests for expedited examination”. Criteria Per the practice notice, and effective December 14, 2020, CIPO will accept requests fo