On December 30, 2025, China’s National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) released the Interpretation of the Notice on Strengthening the Management of Trademark Use 《关于加强商标使用管理的通知》解读) follows up on the Notice from the General Office of the CNIPA on Strengthening the Management of Trademark Use. The Interpretation provides examples of six types of illegal and irregular trademark use.
Category: Trademarks
China’s National People’s Congress Releases Draft of the Amended Trademark Law for Comment
On December 27, 2025, China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) released a draft of the Amended Trademark Law for Comment (中华人民共和国商标法（修订草案）). Some initial thoughts: A dedicated chapter has been added to consolidate and refine the previously scattered trademark registration conditions. The use of the name, flag, emblem, and medals of the Communist Party of China as trademarks is explicitly prohibited. The draft now allow “dynamic symbols” to be registered as trademarks, but color combinations, sounds, and dynamic effects that arise solely …
China’s National Intellectual Property Administration to Strengthen Management of Trademark Use
On November 21, 2025, China’s National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) released the Notice from the General Office of the CNIPA on Strengthening the Management of Trademark Use (国家知识产权局办公室关于加强商标使用管理的通知). Objectives include “to use trademarks in a reasonable and standardized manner, continuously strengthen the supervision and governance of illegal and irregular use of trademarks, strictly regulate behaviors that deceive and mislead the public through false descriptions using trademarks, resolutely safeguard the legitimate and orderly order of trademark use, effectively protect the interests …
4.5-Year Prison Sentence for Chinese E-Commerce Platform Operator Hosting Merchants Selling Counterfeit Goods
On October 13, 2025, the Shanghai Putuo Primary People’s Court announced a criminal verdict against Xiao XX Yu Company and 5 people for operating e-commerce platform Xiao XX Yu that knowingly sold goods with counterfeit registered trademarks having a sales volume of 10.8 million RMB. The company was fined 3 million RMB and the company management were sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment ranging from 1 year, 11 months to 4 years, 6 months and were also fined.