This memorandum summarizes the contents of a recent decision by the Hangzhou IP Tribunal in a civil dispute involving Bayer …
Protecting Your IP on Kickstarter
If you’re crowd-funding a popular product on Kickstarter, there’s a good chance that Chinese pirates have already stolen your idea. …
Attacking Pirated Marks Based on Copyright
Copyright offers a potentially powerful tool for addressing piracy in China of logo marks and stylized word marks in the …
Online Counterfeiting Best Practices
China’s State Council will soon issue a draft of the country’s first E‐Commerce Law for public comment. Provisions of this …
OEM Exception to Trademark Infringement
China is one of a handful of countries that permits the production and export of goods that would otherwise be …
Alibaba Reforms Taobao Enforcement Policies
On January 6 Alibaba announced a revamp of its TaoProtect online policing system which applies to its online sales portals www.taobao.com and www.tmall.com. Both are Chinese-language trade platforms, the prior ostensibly C2C
New Measures to Address Online Counterfeiting
There are clear indications that Chinese government authorities are taking more concerted actions to address online infringements of IP rights, …
Bad Faith Trademark Filings in China
This article provides information on strategies and best practices in dealing with bad faith trademark filings in China. The scenario …
How to Tackle Online Counterfeiting
The ever-growing accessibility, convenience and anonymity offered by e-commerce has permitted counterfeiters to rapidly shift their business models – in …
