China is vigorously refining its legal regime for trade secret protection to bolster enterprises’ core competitiveness and uphold a sound market order. Companies should establish robust, holistic protection systems and strategies tailored to China’s legal framework to secure trade secret...
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...
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...
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...
ZF Friedrichshafen AG Won Second Instance of Trademark Infringement and Unfair Competition Lawsuit in China In November 2025, the Zhejiang Provincial Higher People's Court made a final judgment on the dispute over trademark infringement and unfair competition filed by ZF Friedrichshafen...
The case of trademark infringement and unfair competition filed by Inter IKEA Systems B.V. ( “ IKEA ” ) , a world-renowned home furnishing retailer, against a home furnishing company., Yang XX and other defendants, has been successfully included in the "Typical Cases of Intellectual Prop...
