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The pandemic and the green challenges of our time

COVID-19 has set great challenges in 2020, but the current pandemic cannot be allowed to distract us from a much greater challenge to be overcome: climate change. Communities worldwide are searching constantly for solutions to combat the effects of climate change, and it is increasingly recognized t

Influence of Correspondence of Chinese Character and Foreign Words on Determination of Trademark Similarity

Foreign enterprises usually use their original foreign trademarks to gain brand awareness in the early stage of their entering in China. With further development of brand protection and cultural exchanges, foreign enterprises have also followed the local custom and have increasingly applied for regi

Fighting against COVID-19 related trademark applications: How China reversed the trend?

In the past few months, trademark offices around the world have seen an inevitable flood of trademark applications refer to the pandemic. This trend is not surprising as there are always some applicants following the trending news and trying to register related terms as trademarks for potential busi

Exploration of protection condition for work's name prior rights and interests in trademark disputes

Recently, the Beijing Intellectual Property Court held a press conference on the trial of cases related to the protection of the prior rights and interests of the names of works, and conducted a series of administrative cases and typical cases concerning the authorization and confirmation of tradema

Embracing Change and Redefining the Future ——International Trademark Association 2020 Annual Meeting and Leadership Meeting Held Online in November

The International Trademark Association ("INTA") 2020 Annual Meeting & Leadership Meeting ("2020 Annual Meeting") was held online from November 9 to November 20. As an annual, international, premier event in the intellectual property (IP) industry, INTA’s 2020 Annual Meeting