As reported by Shanghai Legal News and others, the Shanghai No. 3 Intermediate People’s Court upheld a 3.5-year prison sentence and 1.6 million RMB fine for the principal defendant for counterfeiting DIOR service marks. An accomplice was sentenced to one-year suspended sentence and 50,000 RMB fine. From 2020, the defendant Huang XX successively operated Sichuan Fu XX Company and other companies, and hired the defendant Wang XX and others. Without the permission of the registered service mark owner, he carried …
Author: Aaron Wininger
Aaron Wininger is a Principal and Director of the China Intellectual Property at Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner.
CNIPA Releases FAQ on the Revised Measures for the Expedited Examination of Trademark Registration Applications
On September 19, 2025, the Trademark Office of the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) released a FAQ on Key Issues Regarding the Measures for Expedited Examination of Trademark Registration Applications (《商标注册申请快速审查办法》重点问题一问一答). The FAQ explains the revisions made to the Measures for the Expedited Examination of Trademark Registration Applications (商标注册申请快速审查办法) issued July 18, 2025 and the reasoning behind the revisions. A translation follows. The original text is available here (Chinese only).
Reminder: Extended CNIPA Closure for Mid-Autumn Festival & Chinese National Day 2025
The China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) will be closed from October 1, 2025 up to and including October 8, 2025 for the Mid-Autumn Festival and Chinese National Day holiday. All official patent deadlines falling on the above dates will be automatically extended to October 9, 2025. Note that September 25, 2024 (Sunday) and October 11, 2025 (Saturday) will be work days and CNIPA will be open. Accordingly, please provide your Chinese counsel with instructions for actions due as soon as …
WIPO: China Breaks into the Top 10 in 2025 Global Innovation Index
Per the World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO’s) Global Innovation Index (GII) released September 16, 2025, China entered the top 10 in innovation for the first time by ranking 10th globally, positioning China as the only middle-income economy within the top 30. The United States holds firm in third place “leading the world in global corporate R&D investment, unicorn valuation, software spending and intangible asset intensity.” Shenzhen–Hong Kong–Guangzhou ranked as the top innovation hub with Silicon Valley ranked third.