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Min YAO, Jie CHEN Attorney-at-Law Wei Chixue Law Firm Whether a trademark owner decides to initiate an infringement lawsuit or both parties decide whether to settle or appeal, the amount of compensation is a key factor. This article aims to summarize ...
Meiyan LI Attorney-at-Law Beijing Wei Chixue Law Firm Introduction Article 10(1)(vii) of the China Trademark Law provides that a sign having the nature of deception and being apt to mislead the public as to the quality or other characteristics or the origin of the goods shall not be used as a trademark. In judicial practice, the number of cases of rejection of trademark applications for violation of this deceptiveness clause is increasing year by year. This article provides compliance guidelines...
Gao Yu Attorney-at-Law Trademark Attorney Beijing Wei Chixue Law Firm I. Introduction On December 11, 2001, China officially joined the World Trade Organization (WTO). To fulfill the obligations under the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellec...
Min YAO Chinese Attorney-at-Law Beijing Wei Chixue Law Firm GPL (General Public License) is one of the widely used licenses for open-source software. GPL requires derivative code based on GPL open-source code to also be distributed under GPL, ensuring open-source availability. This characteristic of GPL is referred to as infectiousness and has a significant impact on the distribution of software created using GPL open-source code, gaining attention from software developers. This article aims to...
Attorney-at-Law Min YAO Beijing Wei Chixue Law Firm In the trademark application process, many applicants encounter rejection due to the existence of similar prior trademarks. This situation often leads to the question: If a trademark is used without ...
Binghui WANG Chinese Attorney-at-Law Beijing Wei Chixue Law Firm Article 49 of Chinese Trademark Law stipulates that where a registered trademark has become the generic name of the goods for which its use is approved, any entity or individual may app...
Jie CHEN Chinese Attorney-at-Law Wei Chixue Law Firm In a modern society, the flow of personnel is inevitable, and the flow of personnel is conducive to the exchange, integration and development of technology, and promotes scientific and technologica...
Xianhua SHEN Chinese Patent Attorney Attorney-at-Law Wei Chixue Law Firm In patent infringement litigation cases in China, the acquisition of evidence is often crucial to the success of the litigation. Usually, according to the principle that the pro...
Meiyan LI Chinese Attorney-at-Law Beijing Wei Chixue Law Firm Article 10 of the Trademark Law outlines the signs that cannot be used as trademarks. In recent years, there has been a notable increase in cases where trademark applications were rejected...
Bowen YU Chinese Attorney-at-Law Beijing Wei Chixue Law Firm Introduction: In the era of digital economy, the blooming of digital products has led to the widespread implementation of technical measures to protect these products from unauthorized use....
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