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2019-06

Case explanation: Trademark renewal registration must overcome four "thresholds"

On January 18, 2017, Beijing Times Pioneer Business Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the plaintiff) filed an application for registration of the trademark “cohiba” (hereinafter referred to as the disputed trademark), No. 22669371, for use on goods in Class 34, such as butane gas (for smoking), flint, and gas canisters for lighters. After review, the Trademark Office rejected the application for registration of the disputed trademark on the ground that the disputed trademark is a similar trademark to trademark No. 520005 “COHIBA” (hereinafter referred to as the cited trademark) used on the same or similar goods. The plaintiff then applied for review to the original Trademark Review and Adjudication Board (hereinafter referred to as the original Trademark Review and Adjudication Board), but

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2019-06

Forwarding the Trademark Office's Announcement on Adjusting Trademark Registration Fees

According to the "Notice on Reducing the Standards of Certain Administrative and Business Charges" (Development Reform Price [2019] No. 914) issued by the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Finance, the fees for certain trademark registrations have been reduced since July 1, 2019. The specific fee standards are announced as follows: 1. The fee for accepting trademark renewal registration has been reduced from 1000 yuan to 500 yuan; 2. The fee for changes has been reduced from 250 yuan to 150 yuan; for trademark change services that submit online applications and accept electronic documents, the change fee is waived; 3. For other trademark businesses that submit online applications and accept electronic documents,

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2019-06

Intellectual property rights help maglev trains refresh "China Speed"

“Low-altitude flight”, “flying feeling”… Recently, China’s 600-kilometer-per-hour high-speed maglev experimental vehicle was launched in Qingdao, Shandong Province, marking a major breakthrough in China’s high-speed maglev technology. As soon as the news came out, netizens gave a thumbs up to “China Speed”. Currently, the highest speed of high-speed railways in operation is 350 kilometers per hour, and the speed of airplanes is 800 to 1000 kilometers per hour. The 600-kilometer-per-hour high-speed maglev train can fill the speed gap between high-speed rail and air transportation. According to reports, in 2016, the National Key Research and Development Program “Advanced Rail Transit” key project conducted research on 600-kilometer-per-hour high-speed maglev trains.

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2019-06

Notice of the State Intellectual Property Office on Issuing the Annual Work Guidelines for Promoting High-Quality Development of Intellectual Property Rights (2019)

(3) Construct a regionally differentiated indicator system. Each region should establish differentiated intellectual property indicators based on its own development positioning, tasks, requirements, and priorities, and timely improve relevant intellectual property indicators in the region's long-term and annual plans for economic and social development. Actively cooperate in data collection, statistical compilation, and analysis and forecasting related to the high-quality development of intellectual property rights. (Responsible: Intellectual Property Offices of various regions) III. Improve the policy system to promote the high-quality development of intellectual property rights (4) Strengthen strategic planning and top-level design for intellectual property rights. Formulate an intellectual property power strategy for 2035

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2019-06

Supreme People's Court Releases Overview of Intellectual Property Judicial Protection by Chinese Courts in 2018

Overview of Intellectual Property Judicial Protection by Chinese Courts in 2018. In 2018, under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, the people's courts adhered to Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, fully implemented the spirit of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the second and third plenary sessions of the 19th Central Committee, and the Central Conference on Political and Legal Work, and deeply studied and implemented General Secretary Xi Jinping's series of important speeches. They firmly established the "four consciousnesses," strengthened the "four confidences," resolutely upheld the "two safeguards," remained true to their original aspirations, fulfilled their mission, deepened reforms in the field of intellectual property trial, and ...

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2019-06

Interpretation of Issues Related to the Amendment of the Trademark Law

On April 23, 2019, the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress decided to amend the Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China. In order to strengthen the publicity and education of the rule of law, popularize legal knowledge, and create a social atmosphere of knowing and abiding by the law, we introduce and interpret the main clauses and their application of this amendment to the Trademark Law in the form of Q&A, responding to issues of widespread concern in practice. Question 1: What is the background of this amendment to the Trademark Law? In order to implement the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, adapt to the economic and social development situation, strengthen intellectual property protection, further optimize the business environment, and solve prominent problems in practice,