Color claims for trademarks should in general be avoided. To be clear, there are situations when claiming color on a trademark registration application makes sense, but these situations are not common. What's more, color claims might create issues in the future, if you stop using your trademark exactly as registered. Claiming a color or colors

عمليات الاحتيال المتعلقة بأسماء النطاقات في الصين: إذا كانت شركتك قد قامت بأي نشاط في الصين (حتى لو كان مجرد إرسال أحد موظفيها إلى هناك للقاء مورد)، فمن المحتمل أنك تلقيت رسالة بريد إلكتروني تبدو رسمية إلى حد ما تعرض عليك «المساعدة» في منع شخص ما من تسجيل نطاقك في الصين أو ربما في أي مكان آخر في العالم. تخيل ما يلي: شركتك أخيرًا

تتمتع العلامات التجارية المشهورة بالحماية بموجب القانون الصيني. وتعد هذه الحماية أقرب ما تصل إليه الصين لحماية العلامات التجارية غير المسجلة. ومع ذلك، فإن الظروف التي تُمنح فيها هذه الحماية محدودة، نظراً لأن معيار اعتبار العلامة التجارية مشهورة هو معيار صارم للغاية. ولتوضيح مدى صرامة هذا المعيار، لنأخذ مثالاً على

Trademark oppositions are proceedings by which parties can formally request the refusal of another party's trademark application. They are a feature of the trademark laws of just about every country, including China and the United States. Though trademark oppositions serve the same purpose in both China and the United States, the contexts in which they

Our International IP lawyers are always preaching how foreign companies must register their trademarks in China if they are going to be doing business in or producing product in China (see, for example, China Trademarks -- Do You Feel Lucky? Do You?). And in most cases, companies should register their trademarks in China now. Right

A trademark registrant in China is not required to use the trademark, but that could soon change. If a draft revision of China's Trademark Law is adopted, registrants may be required to certify their use of their trademark every five years after registration. We have covered other aspects of the proposed law in Draft Revision

The China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) has published a draft revision of the country's Trademark Law and called for comments from the public. In our first post on the potential implications of the revised law for international brands, we looked at proposed changes to the definition of what constitutes a trademark and the absolute