Tackling counterfeits can be frustrating and challenging at the best of times. Dealing with their trickier – and more “lawful” – cousin, the parallel imported …
Retrial Judgment in Fendi Action against Retailer Selling Parallel Imports
On March 4, 2021, the Shanghai Higher People’s Court (“Shanghai HPC”) upheld a decision by the Shanghai Intellectual Property Court (“Shanghai IP Court”) which found …
Best Practices in Protecting Retail Service Marks
The PRC Trade Mark Office (TMO) has had a longstanding policy prohibiting Class 35 service mark coverage for “retail services” and similar descriptions. This policy …
