Tag: trademarks

Brands must take extra caution against counterfeits during Covid-19 pandemic

Enhanced online brand protection and anti-counterfeiting measures are needed due to the current pandemic: as demand from e-commerce consumers

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Intellectual Property and Domains for Start-ups and Scaleups

Explores the essentials when it comes to IP and domain names for start-ups and scaleups. An expert panel focuses

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Punitive damages case appears in list of top 10 IP cases from China’s Supreme People’s Court

On April 21, 2020, China’s Supreme People’s Court released a list of the top 10 intellectual property law cases

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WIPO panel finds that Danish start-up Acubit engaged in reverse domain name hijacking

Technology start-up Acubit claimed that Danish trademark rules and practice should assign domain names to the relevant trademark owner.

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China further curbs bad-faith trademark applications

Provisions enacted alongside China’s recently amended Trademark Law seek to effectively regulate bad-faith trademark filings including penalties through the

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Balmain case highlights risk of using specialised public with low distinctive character marks

Balmain’s appeal to the General Court demonstrates that applicants should not rely on a specialised public for goods or services

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Protecting against digital trademark infringement

Over the past few years, digitalisation has brought immense business opportunities with new commerce concepts and marketing possibilities constantly

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Supreme People’s Court reverses position on OEM trademark use in Honda case

China’s highest court has reversed its stance on trademark use from original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in this landmark case

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EUIPO figures reveal that trademark infringement is an expensive business in Denmark

The 2019 Status Report on IPR Infringement from the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) reveals that the annual sales lost

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Alibaba’s DOUBLE 11 trademark: JD.com sues China’s IP authority

Singles’ Day falls on 11 November in China. Since 2009, it has become a 24-hour shopping extravaganza, with international

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