February 2010

Volkswagen Inc. V. Trademark Review And Appraisal Board Of The State Administration For Industry And Commerce Of The People’s Republic Of China Re: Dispute Over Trademark Administration Volkswagen Inc. (Volkswagen) applied on 8 June 2004 to register the trademark “Tuan” (No. 418302) (the proposed trademark) on motorcycles, bicycles, auto tires, land, air, water and rail …

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Alexander Pan, February 23, 2010 Beijing，China Over the past several years China has proven to be a world leader in renewable energy production with heavy investment into the hydro, solar and wind power industries. The growth of China’s wind power sector has been particularly impressive with a twenty fold increase in total wind power capacity …

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Increasing environmental concerns and rising crude oil prices are forcing countries including the United States and China to look for alternative energy resources. As the world’s second largest oil importer, China is promoting the development of biofuel energies to reduce its dependency on imported crude oil, the demand for which is in the millions of …

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The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) recently introduced technology that will allow non-English reading Internet users to have access to Internet addresses completely in their own language. Known as Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs), this breakthrough was announced at the ICANN’s 36th Annual Meeting on October 30, 2009. After China receives application approval …

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Sam Engutsamy, February 11 2010 Markets such as the Silk market, the Pearl market, and Yashow are famous amongst foreign visitors to Beijing looking for a deal on fake goods. At any of the above places counterfeit watches, bags, shoes, wallets and much more can be haggled down to an impressive and affordable price. However, …

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Trademark infringement has always been a major concern for firms doing business in China. However， as new figures emerge, it seems that this problem is only getting worse. According to the Customs General Administration (CGA) The total value of all goods seized for trademark infringement totaled over RMB328,000,000 in 2007. The process of Customs seizures …

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China is Worlds #2 Consumer of Luxury Goods Now consuming 27.5% of the world’s luxury goods, China has overtaken the United States in luxury good consumption, and is now second only to Japan. Well-educated Chinese between the ages of 20 and 40 whose salaries range from 5000 to 50,000 yuan a month are the drivers …

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Beijing, China As companies search for new methods of marketing their products, advertisements have begun to push the envelope of acceptability, and legality. The State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television has recently banned over 3,000 television ads claiming that they were “illegal” Some of these ads were banned because of “vulgar” or “inappropriate” content; …

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Trademark infringement has always been a major concern for firms doing business in China. However， as new figures emerge, it seems that this problem is only getting worse. According to the Customs General Administration (CGA) The total value of all goods seized for trademark infringement totaled over RMB328,000,000 in 2007. The process of Customs seizures …

Civil Liability Proves to be New Weapon Against the Export of Trademarks Infringing Goods Read More »

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