Artificial intelligence (AI) is a definitive force of the new round of technological revolution and industrial change, and has become the focus of international competition and industrial policy efforts in various countries. Driven by technological innovation, AI has been deeply integrated with all walks of life, propelling high-quality development and reshaping the world economy and human society.
The prosperity of the audio cultural industry is inseparable from the robust protection of audio copyrights and an environment that respects the creation of audio content and is conducive to the dissemination of audio content. Tong Gang delivered a speech to the guests from multi-dimensional and multi-perspective of academic, legal, policy, management, innovation, and practice, contributing to the healthy and sustainable development of the audio copyright industry.
The unfair competition acts regulated by the principle provisions of Article 2 of the Anti-Unfair Competition Law shall, first of all, not among the unfair competition acts or infringement acts of typical intellectual property rights explicitly enumerated in the law; second, they should be competitive acts leading to harm to the competitive interests of other operators.
This is the first case that the court actively explores the application of prior well-known commodity-specific decoration rights (decorations with certain influence) and trademark rights.
This case is one related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The court comprehensively took into consideration the circumstances, nature and harmful consequences of the offense and crime of each defendant.
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The distribution and protection of overseas intellectual property is highly specialized and systematic. Some domestic companies do not lack the courage and determination to go global. Still, facing multiple obstacles such as high costs, complex processes, unfamiliar environments, and different systems, it is inevitable that they are feared of the prospects of overseas intellectual property distribution and protection.
This article mainly introduces and discusses the specific types of cases that can be postponed in trademark administrative cases and the circumstances of the application of postponement. In the above-mentioned procedures and other procedures, there are also some other causes for postponement, such as requesting for the postponement of examination of review cases of refusal based on a consent.
The analysis of this paper shows that there are two main factors that affect the ownership of trademark rights of informal appellation: one is whether the holder of formal trademark has subjective intention and objective behavior to use informal appellation, and the other is whether the use of informal appellation by others will lead to confusion and misunderstanding or damage the legitimate rights and interests of the holder of formal trademark.
The correct trial of this case plays a vital role in unifying adjudication standards of former employees' using the original company's customer information to infringe on trade secrets, improving the rules of evidence application, hearing civil cases of infringement of trade secrets in a fair manner in accordance with the law, and creating a legalized business environment.
it is of great significance to clarify the ideas of handling intellectual property technical investigation cases, fully utilize the opinions and information in patent examination and authorization to improve technical investigation opinions, and deal with the contradiction between a large number of technical investigation cases and little personnel, so as to unify review and confirmation of rights and judicial judgment standards and improve the quality and efficiency of intellectual property trials.
The special feature of this case is that the trademark was still legally in existence when the accused trademark was used by Nanchangxin Company, but was later cancelled (invalid).
The 2022 INTA Annual Meeting will be held in Washington DC as a physical event with virtual components from April 30 to May 4. With 6,500 organizations from 185 countries comprising INTA’s membership, its annual meeting has been recognized as the world’s largest IP event. As INTA’s media partner in China since 2014, China IP on February 28 interviewed INTA CEO Etienne Sanz de Acedo.
INTA's 2022 Annual Meeting Live+ has been held in Washington, D.C., as a combined physical + virtual event from April 30 to May 4. The choice of a hybrid format reflects the association's response to the easing of COVID-19 social distancing restrictions, with the transition from its 143rd Annual Meeting Virtual+ to the 144th Annual Meeting Live+. As INTA's media partner in China since 2014, on February 28 China IP interviewed INTA CEO Etienne Sanz de Acedo.
Zeeger Vink, IP director of MF Brands Group, is the INTA 2022 President. In this role, he is Chair of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee. In an interview with China IP, Mr. Vink shares his insight on trademarks and brands, provides practical advice to Chinese members on how to participate in and benefit from the INTA community. INTA Annual Meeting Live+ officially began on April 30, took place in person in Washington, D.C., and virtual.
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