Intellectual Property(IP)includes ideas,innovations,methodologies,works of authorship(viz.,literary and artistic works),emblems,brands,images,etc.This property is intangible since it is pertinent to the human intellec...
When it comes to the conflict between trademarks and trade names,it is necessary first to understand the nature of trademarks and trade names.Trademark is a concept known almost universally in modern society,which ref...
Unfair competition includes a number of areas of law involving acts by one competitor or group of competitors which harm another in the field,and which may give rise to criminal offenses and civil causes of action.The...
According to the provisions of the Trademark Law on the legal consequences of trademark invalidation and the imputation principle for trademark infringement,the use of the allegedly infringing trademark before invalid...
In business activities,there is an interesting phenomenon sometimes,that is,although the providers of goods or services use their standardized and formal registered trademarks(referred to as"official trademarks"),some...
As is known to all,China is a veritably big country in trademark,and the number of trademark applications has ranked first in the world for many years.In line with the increasing number of trademark applications,the n...
AMERICA USPTO backlog approaches 1 million trademarks The backlog of pending trademarks at the USPTO has surpassed 900,000 for the first time,highlighting the monumental challenge facing the registry.In response,USPTO...
Docket No.:66480,first instance(初),civil case(民),(2017)Pudong New District People's Court of Shanghai Municipality(沪0115)SUMMARY OF THE ARGUMENT A registrant has the ill intention of trademark squatting if he with ...
Docket No.:Nanjing Intermediate People's Court of Jiangsu Province(苏01)SUMMARY OF THE ARGUMENT For a trademark which is well known to the public but is not approved for registration due to others'squatting,the people...