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Supreme Court awards New Balance Rmb 30 million in damages i...Feb 01 2024Supreme Court awards New Balance Rmb 30 million in damages in dispute with infringer (2024)On 26 September 2023 the Supreme People's Court of China issued a final judgment finding that Jiangxi Xinbailun Lingpao Sporting Goods Co Ltd and Guangzhou Xinbailun Lingpao Sporting Goods Co Ltd (col...Feb 01 2024 -
Supreme Court awards New Balance Rmb30 million in damages in...Feb 01 2024Supreme Court awards New Balance Rmb30 million in damages in dispute with infringerOn 26 September 2023 the Supreme People's Court of China issued a final judgment finding that Jiangxi Xinbailun Lingpao Sporting Goods Co Ltd and Guangzhou Xinbailun Lingpao Sporting Goods Co Ltd (col...Feb 01 2024 -
Hubei High Court upholds 10-million yuan damages award to Mi...Dec 13 2023Hubei High Court upholds 10-million yuan damages award to Michelin for misuse of Cantonese nameOn 8 November 2023 the Hubei High Court issued a judgment in the long-running Michelin saga, upholding the first-instance decision and clarifying some interesting aspects about well-known status of tr...Dec 13 2023 -
Chinese courts sanction Ford’s misuse of ‘Cognac’ on auto...Dec 07 2023Chinese courts sanction Ford’s misuse of ‘Cognac’ on automobilesThe dispute involved the Bureau National Interprofessionnel du Cognac (BNIC) - the French organisation responsible for promoting and safeguarding the geographical indication (GI) ‘Cognac’ - and the ...Dec 07 2023 -
Michelin dispute sheds light on when similar trade names con...Nov 22 2023Michelin dispute sheds light on when similar trade names constitute unfair competitionThe Zhejiang High Court has upheld a first-instance decision that determined infringing use of a trade name that constituted unfair competition. The word ‘Michelin’, which is the name of a French co...Nov 22 2023 -
CNIPA recognises distinctiveness of Tommy Hilfiger’s ‘TH’...Nov 13 2023CNIPA recognises distinctiveness of Tommy Hilfiger’s ‘TH’ interlocking pattern (2023)Tommy Hilfiger worked with celebrated British illustrator and graphic designer Fergus Purcell to introduce its brand-new monogram in 2022:Nov 13 2023 -
Michelin's well-known trademarks protected against use for p...Nov 01 2023Michelin's well-known trademarks protected against use for pet food and pet hospitalMichelin tyres and the Michelin Guides are the two core product lines of the Michelin Group. The increasing popularity of Michelin in China recently led the company to take enforcement measures not on...Nov 01 2023 -
Plaintiffs’ subjective intentions underlined in infringemen...Sept 13 2023Plaintiffs’ subjective intentions underlined in infringement counterclaim ruling (2023)A decision rendered by the Putuo District Court of Shanghai in October 2022 has been freshly published by IPHouse, bringing it centre stage once more. In this, court dismissed a trademark infringement...Sept 13 2023 -
Beijing High Court invalidates trademark pre-emptively regis...July 24 2023Beijing High Court invalidates trademark pre-emptively registered by squatter under Article 15(2)On 12 June 2023 the Beijing High Court rendered a decision finding that a trademark squatter that had not entered into business relations with the brand owner should be deemed as having “other relati...July 24 2023 -
Major trademark policy changes in China from 2021 to 2023July 04 2023Major trademark policy changes in China from 2021 to 2023Over the past two years, China has been reforming and optimising its judicial and administrative systems for trademarks. As part of these reforms, the first draft of an amendment to the Chinese Tradem...July 04 2023 -
Zhejiang High Court provides clarification on trade name con...May 19 2023Zhejiang High Court provides clarification on trade name confusion (2023)Plaintiff Johnson Electric, which was incorporated in Hong Kong on 25 April 1960, manufactures electric motors in mainland China via half a dozen affiliated companies, with the first one having been c...May 19 2023
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TOMMY HILFIGER v TOMMY CROWN: ‘transformative use’ of regi...Apr 05 2023TOMMY HILFIGER v TOMMY CROWN: ‘transformative use’ of registered trademark found to be infringingTOMMY HILFIGER v TOMMY CROWN: ‘transformative use’ of registered trademark found to be infringingApr 05 2023