I had a really nice discussion on one hypothetical case with a university professor of IP the other day, which was indeed enlightening and informative. Can't share it all in this post, but still want to share some info here. Hope you will find it interesting to read.
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Dr. Xiuping Ou, a senior advisor at Jiaquan IP Law, was among the second batch of officially designated National Experts on Overseas Intellectual Property Disputes and has also become a member of the Executive Advisory Committee of the International IP Commercialization Council (IIPCC).
The patent practice of each jurisdiction has its own running way. But meanwhile, these are connected by various terms, treaties, and organizations - such as the Paris Convention and the PCT. And in addition to some large systems like these two, there are other smaller cooperative relationships just between two or several jurisdictions.
When people talk about different countries, the building or facility that represented the country is always one of the topics. And many of these have their special meanings in the political aspect, like the White House in the US, Buckingham Palace in the UK, Versailles in France, and the Kremlin in Russia. Citizens in these countries must be proud of their landmarks. But are these available for trademark applications in China? Similar questions are frequently received.
In recent weeks, our team has handled several urgent applications. I'm sharing this post today, as I received the exact same question from several different clients when working on those urgent cases lately - "why there is basically something not good enough about our provided documents every time?" Let's go through the info below together.
The use of "bad faith application" as a ground for trademark remedies is very common in nowadays trademark practices. But, how to identify if the situation you are in fits this “spot”?
The extension of the protection term of Chinese design patents is not a piece of new info now. But as we all know, with the change of a certain policy, there will be various supporting measures introduced to match it.
One of my foreign clients addressed an email two days before the 30-month CN national entry deadline, asking if he should file the extension request within the 30-month deadline.
