Every year, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate publishes a number of ‘representative cases’ of malicious intellectual property (IP) litigation, to highlight its efforts to prevent the abusive enforcement of IP rights for improper commercial gain. The cases demonstrate the important role
The Persistent Myth: Filing IP in China is “Pointless”
For many years, businesses questioned the merits of filing intellectual property (IP) rights in China because of concerns of widespread counterfeiting and limited enforcement and practical protections. While those historic concerns were not entirely unfounded, today, the greater risk for
China’s Major Amendment to Trade Mark Law: Key Changes – Part II
In Part I of this series, posted here, we reported on certain amendments to Trade Mark Law of the People’s Republic of China. In this article, we continue outlining some of the other important amendments.
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China’s Major Amendment to Trade Mark Law: Key Changes – Part I
On 26 June 2026, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress adopted the fifth amendment to the Trade Mark Law of the People’s Republic of China. The revised law, expected to take effect on 1 January 2027, introduces a
From Tribute to Infringement: Moral(rights) lessons from the LELECHA LuXun Case
On World Book Day in 2024 (April 23), LELECHA, a Mainland China milk tea brand, partnered with Yilin Press to launch a “Smoky Oolong” milk tea as a tribute to the prominent Chinese writer Lu Xun. However, the marketing campaign’s