Practical guides on registering, using and protecting trademarks in China.
Filing such a mark is possible - distinctiveness is the real gate China's register is open to marks that are neither words nor pictures. A three-dimensional...
Read articleThe name is the asset Most trademark work is about a name the owner invented. A geographical indication is the opposite: the name points at a place, and the...
Read articleWhy the class list is not the protection you get Picture two clothing businesses that each hold a registration in the same class of China's classification...
Read articleWhy geographical indications sit in a layer of their own A regional speciality — a wine, a tea, a cured ham, a ceramic — carries two kinds of value at once...
Read articleWhy one number decides a China infringement penalty When Chinese enforcement authorities act against trademark infringement, the penalty is not picked at...
Read articleRegistering a mark in China is only half of the story Most foreign brand owners treat the Chinese trademark system as a registration exercise: search, file...
Read articleFiling a Chinese trademark from abroad starts with an account Most foreign brand owners meet the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA)...
Read articleThe filing channel is part of the filing decision Overseas owners preparing a China trademark application usually spend their thinking on classes and goods...
Read articleEvery step of a China trademark case leaves a record — and those records have rules of their own A foreign brand working through a Chinese trademark case...
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