Publications

• Practitioners in China turn to civil litigation to combat trademark squatters

  
  

  2023-11-01

• Proactive Communication and Good Evidence Can Persuade Appeal Examiners

  
  

  Proactive Communication and Good Evidence Can Persuade Appeal Examin
  

  2022-03-02

• Supreme People’s Court Took Opposite Directions on Claim Construction in Two Cases

  Supreme People’s Court Took Opposite Directions on Claim Construction in Two Cases

  2022-01-10

• Supreme People’s Court Took Opposite Directions on Claim Construction in Two Cases
  

  Supreme People’s Court Took Opposite Directions on Claim Construction in Two Cases
  

  2022-01-10

• Supreme Court Sends Alert on Drafting Quality by Restricting Doctrine of Equivalents
  

  Supreme Court Sends Alert on Drafting Quality by Restricting Doctrine of Equivalents
  

  2021-12-07

• Noteworthy Issues in China's First Judicial Interpretation on Patent Validity

  Noteworthy Issues in China’s First Judicial Interpretation on Patent Validity
  

  2020-10-12

• Statistics of Chinese SEP Cases in 2011-2019

  Statistics of Chinese SEP Cases in 2011-2019

  2020-07-02

• Best Practice to Handle Broken Lines in Designs to Be Filed in China

  Best Practice to Handle Broken Lines in Designs to Be Filed in China
  

  2020-05-10

• Registration of "State Names": Never Say Never

  A little creativity and proactive planning are crucial if your mark contains a state name and want it registered.

  2020-03-05

• A Trademark Registration in Danger Due to a Flaw in Business License

  It's time to add due diligence of a suspect business license back into the arsenal for an invalidation action.

  2020-02-20

• Xiaomi Sues Sisvel in Beijing: The First Lawsuit Seeking a Determination of Chinese SEP Royalty

  This is a new lawsuit between the parties following proceedings in the UK, the Netherlands and Italy.

  2020-02-13

• China's "New" Undertakings on IP in Phase-One Trade Agreement

  China’s “New” Undertakings on IP in Phase-One Trade Agreement

  2020-02-06

• Tips from the First Life Science Patent Ruling of the IP Tribunal of the Supreme Court
  

  Ruling provides guidance to tactics patent owners may take to defend against inventiveness attacks.
  

  2020-01-21

• CNIPA Changing Attitude to Consent Letter for Identical Trademarks

  Creativity is needed for crafting consent letters in the event the marks in question are identical.

  
  

  2020-01-16

• "Retail Services" Get a New Lease on Life in Trademark Filings
  

  Filing for "Retail Services" in China may not be a fatal flaw in all trademark applications and limitation requests may be entertained.

  2020-01-09