the 303th Issue: Global E-commerce Summit Will Be Held on June 12-14-China Intellectual Property

·Global E-commerce Summit 2017

We’re proud to partner with the Global E-commerce Summit (GES2017) in its return to Barcelona — this time at the 5 Star Luxury Fairmont Rey Juan Carlos I, 12 – 14 June 2017.... More

·Ticketmaster Exec Accused of Hacking Trade Secrets

An executive at online ticket seller Ticketmaster has been accused of hacking computers and appropriating trade secrets by a rival.... More

·Retailer Argos Beaten in Domain Name Battle at UK Court

UK retailer Argos suffered a knockout blow in a domain name dispute with US software company Argos Systems over the domain name argos.com.... More

News in Brief

· Google and Bing Join IP Owners to Reduce Piracy

· International Filings Set to Hit 60,000 Annually by 2020

· China’s Trademark Application Amounts to 3.691 Million in 2016

· Patent Requests Drop for 4th Consecutive Year

· Donald Trump Wins TM Rights for His Name in China

· Trump Trademark Put On Ice at USPTO

· Trademark Office Releases 2016 Trademark Applications and Registrations of Each Prefecture

· China Internet Enterprises IPR Protection Strategic Alliance Established in Beijing

· Park Accused of Infringing IP Rights of Terracotta Army

· 1M Management and IP Professionals to be Trained for SMEs

China IP Articles

·Achievements and Problems in China’s Trademark Development ——A Perspective of Corporation Issue 72, By Sally ZHU, Senior Legal Manager, Le Holdings, Ltd.,[Trademark]

With continuous progress of Internet plus in China, deepseated revolution has occurred in businesses and industries, which affects life of consumers. As an immediate symbol indicating providers of ... More

·Judgment of Distinctiveness of Trademarks Combining 3D Marks and Other Element Issue 72, By Fu Jianjun , Dong Xiaomengs,[Trademark]

Trademarks combining 3D marks and other elements are different from pure 3D trademarks with “3D appearances constituted by commodity packaging or by commodities,” and from trademarks of ordinary types... More