Even the Chinese Government isn’t Safe from Counterfeiters: China Cracks Down on Counterfeit Mail Trucks

Posted on Categories Case, Trademarks

According to an announcement  (胜诉!中国邮政邮车打假维权成功!) by the China Post on July 25, 2022 the Dongcheng District People’s Court in Beijing recently ruled that a defendant’s behavior constituted trademark infringement and supported all the claims of China Post with respect to infringing mail trucks.  The trucks used visually similar marks to those registered by China Post presumably to enjoy preferential traffic and parking policies available to mail trucks in Beijing.

Chinese Customs Announces a Batch of Typical Cases of Intellectual Property Infringement

Posted on Categories Case, Copyright, Patents, Trademarks

On July 25, 2022, the General Administration of Customs of the People’s Republic of China released a notice entitled “Batch of Typical Cases of Intellectual Property Infringement” (一批侵犯知识产权典型案例) involving the protection of intellectual property rights including trademarks, copyrights and patents, etc. that involved both Chinese and foreign rights holders. Rightsholders included Samsung, BMW, Hasbro, Timberland, and others.  Per Chinese Customs, 45.27 million infringing goods were seized in two special law enforcement actions including “Longteng Action 2022” and “Blue Net Action …

China’s National Intellectual Property Administration Releases Guidelines for Intellectual Property Protection at Exhibitions

Posted on Categories Copyright, New Law, Rule or Implementing Regulation, Patents, Trademarks

On July 22, 2022, China’s National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) released the Guidelines for Intellectual Property Protection at Exhibitions (展会知识产权保护指引). The Guidelines allow for setting up a workstation at an exhibition to accept intellectual property infringement complaints, provide judgement opinions on same, transfer evidence to relevant law enforcement departments, etc.   If a respondent doesn’t not reply to a complaint within 24 hours of receipt, the complaint of infringement was confirmed via valid legal documents, or respondent admits infringement, the exhibition …

China’s National Intellectual Property Administration Registers China Manned Space Logo

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On July 7, 2022, China’s National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) announced the registration of the China Manned Space logo in Chinese and English as numbers G202201 and G202202 in “Announcement of the State Intellectual Property Office on the Registration and Filing of the Official Mark of the “China Manned Space” mark of the China Manned Space Engineering Office (No. 492) (国家知识产权局关于中国载人航天工程办公室“中国载人航天工程标识”官方标志登记备案的公告(第492号)). The logos comprise a stylized space station graphic having a cabin and solar panels with Chinese text Chinese Manned …