Trademark

Cartier awarded $64,000 from Chinese jeweler Mokingran and franchisees

China’s Tianjin High People’s Court on April 13 upheld in part, vacated in part, and reversed in part a decision by the Tianjin First Intermediate People’s Court relating to French luxury goods conglomerate Cartier International SNC’s lawsuit against Chinese jeweler Mokingran Jewelry Group Co., Ltd.

3 Chinese companies charged with trademark notice mailing fraud

The Yiwu Administration for Market Regulation of Zhejiang province on June 8 filed a criminal complaint against three Chinese companies engaged in the mailing of about 80,000 fraudulent trademark Notices of Publication under Article 68 Paragraph 1 Item 2 of the Trademark Law of the People’s Republic

Shanghai court to hear $740,000 Tesla trademark lawsuit

China’s Shanghai Intellectual Property Court will hear a lawsuit filed by Tesla Shanghai Co., Ltd. (特斯拉(上海)有限公司), U.S. automotive and clean energy company Tesla, Inc.’s Shanghai unit, against three Chinese companies Zhongyin Food Co., Ltd. (中饮食品有限公司), Guangdong Zhongyin Food Co., Ltd. (广东中饮食品有限公司),

Jointown and Goaland secure multi-mln financing with pledged IP assets

Two Chinese public companies in May obtained credit to access loans of 80 million yuan ($12 million) and 35 million yuan ($5.2 million) from the Bank of China (BOC) and Hankou Bank Co., Ltd. by pledging their trademark and utility model patents as collateral to their creditor banks respectively unde

China’s top court awards sports company Fila retrial win in trademark suit

China’s Supreme People’s Court on May 9 overturned a lower court ruling on appeal against Fila Sports Co., Ltd. (斐乐体育有限公司), a subsidiary of Chinese sports equipment multinational corporation Anta Sports Products Ltd., in a trademark lawsuit lodged by it against Fuzhou city, Jiangxi province-based Pe