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2021.06.10 / Articles

Case study: Sales activity and prior art

In invalidity proceedings, apart from published documents such as books, magazines, patent documents as prior art, it is not uncommon petitioners will also rely on evidence of public use such as sales activity or sales promotion. However, public use ...
2021.06.03 / Articles

Expediting Your Invention Patent Application in China

While some applicants wish to keep the application pending as long as possible, some would like to have their Chinese invention patent application granted fast in line with their business strategy.
2021.03.09 / Articles

GOOGLE’S WAYMO FILES PATENT AND TRADE SECRET LAWSUIT AGAINST UBER

San Diego – In 2009, Google began to design self-driving cars. Since that time, the project, known as Waymo, has been an industry leader in the area and has helped Google acquire thousands of patents in nearly every aspect of autonomousdriving techn...
2020.05.06 / Articles

Reconciliation agreement does not necessarily lead to withdrawal of invalidity case

In the recent invalidity proceedings of Huawei v. Samsung, although Samsung and Huawei eventually reached an agreement and Huawei requested for withdrawal of the invalidity case, the Second Instance Court dismissed Huawei’s motion and upheld the firs...
2020.04.24 / Articles

Enforcing the logo “N”: New Balance was awarded damages of USD 1.4 million

For years, New Balance has been troubled by copycats in China imitating the signature design of logo “N” on the shoes product. Some of the toughest fights are against the entities with similar trademark registrations of logo “N”. In April 2020, New B...
2020.04.10 / Articles

Michael Jordan Eventually Prevailed in Cancellation of the Disputed Mark for Core Goods in China

The Supreme Court of P. R. China (“the Supreme Court”) recently issued a retrial judgement, deciding that the mark No. 6020578 “乔丹 & Device” (pronounce as “Qiao Dan”, which is the official translation of “Jordan” in China) in class 25 for clothes, sh...

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