Trademark

Ultraman’s Chinese licensee wins $120,000 in trademark suit

China’s Beijing Intellectual Property Court in April ruled in favor of Chinese licensing company Shanghai Character License Administrative Co., Ltd. (SCLA) (上海新创华文化发展有限公司), a licensed manager and operator of the intellectual property rights of Japanese special effects studio Tsuburaya Productions, i

Haidian Court releases top 10 digital unfair competition cases

China’s Haidian People’s Court of Beijing city on April 19 released the 2022 white paper on the enforcement and protection of intellectual property rights in the district, reviewing the quality of its adjudication of unfair competition litigation over novel digital assets of the most

Procurement service can be infringement without legality examination

Hangzhou Yuhang District People’s Court has made a ruling of a trademark infringement case and held that the Defendant Chow, has infringed Zhejiang Reach Technology Co.’s trademark “MeO” by using it in its online store on taobao.com. The court also awarded 35,000 yuan d

Precedential case: Emerson awarded damages for trademark squatting without actual use

China’s Fujian High People’s Court on September 27, 2021 upheld a lower court ruling in favor of U.S. industrial conglomerate Emerson Electric Co. (艾默生电气公司) in a trademark infringement lawsuit filed by it against Chinese household water filter maker Xiamen Angel Portal Water System Co., Ltd. (厦门安吉尔水

South Korean bakery Paris Baguette wins $240,000 trademark suit in China

China’s Beijing High People’s Court on January 10 upheld a lower court ruling in favor of SPC Investment Co., Ltd. (艾丝碧西投资有限公司), South Korean food company SPC Group’s Chinese unit, in a lawsuit lodged by it against Chinese company Beijing Baris Baguette Management Co., Ltd. (北京芭黎贝甜企业管理有限公司) and its