Practical guides on registering, using and protecting trademarks in China.
Introduction: the notice that means your filing is not finished A Chinese trademark application can come back with a correction notice rather than an...
Read articleIntroduction: the six-month window most foreign applicants never use A foreign applicant that has filed a trademark in its home country has, in principle, a...
Read articleIntroduction: ending a registration on purpose A Chinese trademark registration can be lost in several ways. It can be cancelled by a third party for non-use...
Read articleFree archived electronic certificates for MY CNTM clients, formal electronic certificate reissue when retrieval fails, and the separate official registration-proof procedure.
Read articleIntroduction: the transfer that is not an assignment Chinese trademark practice draws a distinction that most foreign owners have never had to consider: the...
Read articleIntroduction: the option nobody uses, and when it is the right one Brand owners change their minds. A product line is discontinued, a market entry is...
Read articlePartial refusal in China: the 15-day division and review periods, and how the accepted goods or services can proceed.
Read articleIntroduction: two filings that look identical and are not Foreign brand owners in China encounter two filings whose names are near-identical and whose...
Read articleWho signs an assignment power of attorney, which documents each party supplies, and how agency authority differs from ownership.
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