Trademark

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

“Fun in Funding (qschou)” Won the Second Trial of the Trademark Dispute Case

China's largest Internet fundraising platform, Fun in Funding, previously sued by Shanghai Dreamore Network Technology Co., Ltd. for the trademark. On December 29, Beijing Intellectual Property Court concluded the dispute case in its second instance, and determined that the use of the logo

Hunan Protected 410 Well-known Trademarks through Directory Management

Hunan Province implemented directory management to protect well-known trademarks in the Province, further strengthened trademark administrative protection, and created a high ground for intellectual property protection. There were 410 enterprise trademarks, including Me

Union Pay Color Combination Trademark Registration Application Rejected by the Court

Recently, China Securities Regulatory Commission’s official website published the "Publication of CICC's Summary Report on the Guidance Work of UnionPay Business Co., Ltd.", and the guidance work of UnionPay's sci-tech innovation board was finally completed. Before submitting