براءات الاختراع التصميمية في الصين: الأساسيات البسيطة
China design patents are fast cheap and easy to get.
قانون الصين بشأن المظهر التجاري والمنافسة غير المشروعة
Close your eyes, and imagine that when you open them you have been magically transported to another country and you are inside a McDonald’s. How do you know you’re in a McDonald’s? Surely you would know without having to see the name McDonald’s or the famous Golden Arches logo. Would you even know that you
احتلال العلامات التجارية: "تجارة" آخذة في الاندثار؟
I attended an excellent IPWatchdog webinar this past week on trademark squatting, presented by Ai-Leen Lim of AWA Asia. You should watch the whole thing, but here are some thoughts and takeaways. Trademark squatting is one of the biggest problems when it comes to intellectual property rights (IPR) protection in China. Basically, squatting occurs when
هل يجب عليّ تسجيل اسم شركتي كعلامة تجارية في الصين؟
No two China trademark strategies are the same, but one thing is pretty much a constant: You should register the company’s original English name. Before we go on, a clarification: I use “English name” as shorthand, but these names are often in other languages, or simply be a random collection of Latin letters. Names in
مشكلة خدمات العلامات التجارية عبر الإنترنت في الصين
The Problem with Online Trademark Services for China Once or twice a month, my law firm’s international trademark lawyers are contacted by companies whose China trademark registrations were mishandled by online trademark services. In all instances, the registration problems stem from online services claiming they can register trademarks globally, including in China. These claims are
العلامات التجارية الصينية: التسجيل عبر مدريد أم في الصين؟
Whenever clients ask about filing a trademark in China via the Madrid System, my answer is simple: filing a national application directly with China’s own Trademark Office is better. The one-size-fits-all Madrid process makes registering a trademark in China seem easy. Really easy: all you have to do is check a box marked “China.” However, while Madrid applications are
عقود التوزيع في الصين: الأساسيات
China Distribution Contracts: Same-Same but Different Ever since COVID, our China lawyers have been seeing a big increase in foreign companies entering into distribution contracts with Chinese distributors, due mostly to the difficulties and risks foreign companies face when they go into China directly. Many of the companies that come to us to draft their
رسائل البريد الإلكتروني الاحتيالية المتعلقة بأسماء النطاقات الصينية، ورسائل البريد الإلكتروني الاحتيالية المتعلقة بالعلامات التجارية، وشركة Sinosure الشيطانية
Yesterday, in How To Stop China-Based Domain Name Theft, we talked about what to do if someone from China (or pretty much anywhere else, for that matter) has stolen your domain name: Companies confronted with domain name theft oftentimes do not realize how relatively easy it can be to put a stop to it, even
كيفية وقف سرقة أسماء النطاقات الصينية
Domain Name Trademark Infringement The integrity of a brand’s identity is paramount. Unfortunately, the rise of digital commerce has generated new forms of intellectual property challenges, notably domain name trademark infringement. This issue is especially prevalent for companies interacting with or manufacturing in markets such as China, where rapid registration of similar domain names by