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New
- China releases the first "Guidelines for Handling Criminal Cases of Infringing upon Trade Secrets"
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China’s Jiangsu Province has issued the first-ever "Guidelines for Handling Criminal Cases of Infringing upon Trade Secrets" (hereinafter referred to as the "Guidelines"), according to news released on January 8.
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New
- China releases the first "Guidelines for Handling Criminal Cases of Infringing upon Trade Secrets"
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China’s Jiangsu Province has issued the first-ever "Guidelines for Handling Criminal Cases of Infringing upon Trade Secrets" (hereinafter referred to as the "Guidelines"), according to news released on January 8.
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New
- Reflecting on the first six-months of the Unified Patent Court
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After nearly 50 years and various attempts to have a ‘unified patent system’ in Europe, on 1 June 2023 we saw the dawning of a new era with the opening of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) and the beginning of a new patent regime with the Unitary Patent (UP).
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New
- How to Respond to Drastic Amendment to China Trademark Law by the Right Holder
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On January 13, 2023, the\ CNIPA issued the Bill to Revise the Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China. This paper will sort out the key amendments that have the greatest impact on trademark practice, and discuss the reasons behind the amendment, the possible influence and the countermeasures that shall be taken by a right holder.
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New
- Rules of evidence for customer data misappropriation conducted by former employees
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The correct trial of this case plays a vital role in unifying adjudication standards of former employees' using the original company's customer information to infringe on trade secrets, improving the rules of evidence application, hearing civil cases of infringement of trade secrets in a fair manner in accordance with the law, and creating a legalized business environment.
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New
- Principles governing technical investigations appointed by IP courts
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it is of great significance to clarify the ideas of handling intellectual property technical investigation cases, fully utilize the opinions and information in patent examination and authorization to improve technical investigation opinions, and deal with the contradiction between a large number of technical investigation cases and little personnel, so as to unify review and confirmation of rights and judicial judgment standards and improve the quality and efficiency of intellectual property trials.
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- Liability determination of trademark infringement before invalidation of trademark declared
- The special feature of this case is that the trademark was still legally in existence when the accused trademark was used by Nanchangxin Company, but was later cancelled (invalid).
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- The Status of Likelihood of Confusion Standard in the Determination of Trademark Infringement
- The likelihood of confusion is the core and fundamental of trademark infringement determination.
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- Non-infringement declaration: a quicker fix than a dismissal ruling?
- In this article, the author discusses this issue in reference to a judgment made by the Supreme Court.
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- Determining the producer in trademark infringement cases
- The purpose of this article aims to analyze and summarize how to identify whether the infringer is the producer through some cases in practice, with a view to benefit the trial of similar cases.