Trademark

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.

China's first trademark stock issued

China’s first trademark securitization scheme on November 10 made its market debut on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange Market through an IPO.

Trademark counterfeiting case on Australian brand-name shoe polish

The Pudong New Area People’s Court of Shanghai Municipality on October 28 heard a lawsuit over counterfeiting Australian brand-name shoe polish Kiwi (Chinese: 奇伟).

Anheuser-Busch InBev China loses lawsuit over parallel-import beer

China’s Guangzhou Intellectual Property Court ruled on June 22 in favor of Guangzhou-based importer GZDF in its lawsuit against Anheuser-Busch InBev China Co., Ltd. who alleged its wheat beer Franziskaner Weissbier imported by GZDF into China infringed its trademark rights.