The revised Trademark Law of the People’s Republic of China was adopted on June 26, 2026, and shall come into force on January 1, 2027. I. A dedicated chapter concerning the conditions for trademark registration is newly added in this revision. Establishing a use-centered registration pr...
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Article 45 of China's Trademark Law establishes the system of invalidation declaration on relative grounds: where a registered trademark infringes upon another person's prior rights, the prior right holder or an interested party shall file a request for declaring the trademark invalid wi...
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Recently, the Beijing Intellectual Property Court issued a first-instance judgment in the administrative dispute between Inter IKEA Systems B.V. (“IKEA”) and the China National Intellectual Property Administration (“CNIPA”) over trademark revocation review. The Court revoked the CNIPA’s...
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