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Die vierte Änderung des Chinesischen Patentgesetzes; Was ist neu? (German language)
Produkthaftung in China - Wenn Euch die Ware um die Ohren fliegt (German language)
Registrierung von "Nicht Traditonellen Marken" in China (German language)
The fourth amendment to the Chinese Patent Law in October 2020
A. Introduction
On October 17th, 2020, the 22nd meeting of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People’s Congress of China passed the Decision on Revising the Patent Law of the People’s Republic of China. The newly revised Patent Law of China will come into force on June 1st, 2021. It took about 8 years to fulfill this fourth revision of Patent Law. The fourth amendment to the Patent Law has 29 articles.
Many of these changes were already in the proposed draft amendments that came out in 2019 and 2020, though there have also been some adjustments....
Bösartige Markenanmeldungen in China, "Squatting" (German language)
Gesellschaftsgründung in China, aber wie!? Teil 2/2 (German language)
Gesellschaftsgründung in China, aber wie? Teil 1/2 (German language)
Global Leading Lawyers Award 2020
We are proud to announce that we have been selected as the Civil Law Firm of the Year 2020 - China .
Once again a recognition of our successful work over the past few years.
We received the award from Global Leading Lawyer magazine .
Alles "Fake" in China?! Piraten Ahoi (German language)
Under armor ./. Uncle Martian; "Back in the land of counterfeits" (German language)
Under Armour ./. Uncle Martian; the final decision
In 2016, a new clothing brand Uncle Martian was announced in Jinjiang, Fujian Province , China. The company behind Uncle Martian is T ingfeilong Sporting Goods Co. (廷飞龙体育用品有限公司) . This brand’s logo and the name was found to be remarkably similar to a famous U.S. sportswear brand Under Armour . Under Armour announced that Uncle Martian’s use of Under Armour’s famous logo, name, and other intellectual property is a serious concern and blatant infringement. The U.S company then sued Tingfeilong Sporting Goods Co. and opened up a trademark infringement case...