Practical guides on registering, using and protecting trademarks in China.
Introduction: when an ordinary English word becomes unregistrable in China A foreign brand owner reviewing a China filing strategy will check for conflicts...
Read articleIntroduction: the meaning test that decides your English mark's fate A brand owner filing an English word mark in China usually assumes that similarity is...
Read articleIntroduction: the certificate is not the finish line Most foreign brand owners think of a China trademark as a filing problem. Get the class right, get the...
Read articleHow to prepare clear Chinese goods and services, use standard terms and assess non-standard wording without confusing classes and similar groups.
Read articleAssignment, licence recordal and changes of particulars: distinguish ownership, third-party effect and the documents needed for each procedure.
Read articleHow trademark monitoring helps identify conflicting applications early, and how opposition, invalidation and monitoring have different scopes and prices.
Read articleMY CNTM’s bundled registration and subsequent-service prices, class and extra-item rules, renewal grace-period surcharge, and budgeting examples.
Read articleSomeone has registered your brand in China. Your remedy depends on how old the registration is - opposition, invalidation, the five-year rule, and what remains when the window closes.
Read articleRenewal deadlines, MY CNTM’s USD 199 per-class package and USD 100 grace-period surcharge, and the difference between renewal and use requirements.
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