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Author: Jin Lianyi, Partner at BEIJING MINGDUN LAW FIRMWhen an enterprise prepares to explore the market in China but finds that its own trademark has been registered by others, if it cannot solve the problem of preemptive registration as soon as possible, it will directly lead to the loss of commercial interests in China. Recently, Mingdun Law Firm (hereinafter referred to as Mingdun) won an administrative lawsuit on the invalidation of preemptive trademark registration for a client who encountered such difficulties. It successfully cracked down on preemptive trademark registration and s...
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Author: Yingying Zhu, Partner at BEIJING MINGDUN LAW FIRMEmail: zhu.yingying@mdlaw.cnDate: August 24, 2022 IntroductionEach of us is being bombarded by unsolicited calls on a daily basis, if not hourly. Most of these calls were from people in legitimate businesses who wanted to tele-market something, for example, houses, training courses, bank loans, etc., and some were from frauds or scammers who wanted to set people up through scam calls. Even after the effectiveness of the Personal Information Protection Law of the People’s Republic of China (the “PIPL”)[1] since November 1st, 2021, pe...
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For decades, some delivery companies, branches and their employees have committed illegal acts in terms of real-name mailing, incoming package inspection and implementation of the provisions on mailing of prohibited articles, in order to seek long-term stable business and high interests. Some express or logistics companies have conspired with the counterfeits production and sale gangs, forming a tight chain of interests. But they always got off lightly. A large amount of counterfeit drugs or illegal drugs were transported through express delivery. Case introduction Jin...
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Public comments solicited on the draft amendments to the Measures for the Administration and Protection of Collective Marks and Certification Marks On 7 June 2022, the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) began to solicit public comments on the draft amendments to the Measures for the Administration and Protection of Collective Marks and Certification Marks. The main modifications are as follows:1. Modify the name of the regulations to improve the legislative purpose2. Further standardize the registration application behavior3. Strengthen the management requir...
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SPC Update: Recently, the Supreme People’s Court (SPC) issued a notice on the Appellate Jurisdiction of Cases Involving Invention Patent and Other Intellectual Property Contract Disputes. In the notice, the SPC adjusted the jurisdiction of appellate cases of contract disputes related to IP right from the IP tribunal of the SPC to local provincial courts. For more information, click here. Link: https://www.court.gov.cn/xinshidai-xiangqing-359651.html IP court Update: The IP tribunal of the Supreme People’s Court (SPC) published a new case analysis on identification of funct...
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Author: Yingying Zhu, Partner at BEIJING MINGDUN LAW FIRMEmail: zhu.yingying@mdlaw.cnDate: June 15, 2022 Introduction Intellectual Property Rights (“IPRs”) empower their owners with a privilege to exclude unauthorized parties from use of the relevant subject matter under protection (for example, trademarks, patents, copyrights). However, exercising IPRs might sometimes generate tensions with other sectors of law, such as the civil code, the anti-unfair competition law, the antitrust law, etc. According to the China Supreme People’s Court’s interpretation of the Civil Code of the Peop...
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Author: Yingying Zhu, Partner of Beijing MingDun Law FirmEmail: zhu.yingying@mdlaw.cnDate: November 10, 2021 IntroductionFrom public places laden with facial verification cameras to residential buildings that shut strangers out with facial identification requirements, facial recognition technology is being used almost everywhere in China which has contributed to the low criminal rates and high level of public security, earning China the reputation as one of the safest places in the world to travel around.[1] Beyond the bright side, there has been at least one dark side to the overwhelming...
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