How many times have you received unsolicited yet "urgent" emails like this one? Dear President, This email is from XXX Intellectual Property Agency, which mainly deal with the IPR registration … [Read more...] about What to do when you receive spam emails like “your brand has been registered!”?
What are the legal grounds for domain name disputes in China?
Domain name piracy is as common as trademark squatting in China. The key to striking down domain name piracy is to determine that the domain name is registered in bad faith which either infringes a … [Read more...] about What are the legal grounds for domain name disputes in China?
Just how far can the UPC reach?
The judges have been appointed (Unified Patent Court judicial appointments and Presidium elections | Unified Patent Court (unified-patent-court.org), and finalisation of the case management systems … [Read more...] about Just how far can the UPC reach?
How to translate your trademark into Chinese?
Given the importance of Chinese character trademarks for the Chinese market, brand owners are naturally concerned about the ways to translate the original Latin trademark into Chinese. In brief, there … [Read more...] about How to translate your trademark into Chinese?
Can patent terms be extended in China?
China has introduced both PTE (Patent term extension) and PTA (Patent term adjustment), so it is possible to extend the terms of a granted Chinese patent. PTE (Patent term extension) is … [Read more...] about Can patent terms be extended in China?
Middle East–based patent filers – the Unified Patent Court will open doors early 2023, are you prepared?
We recently communicated to you news of the Unitary Patent system and how this may affect your European Patent portfolio. It has now been confirmed that the start of operations of the Unified … [Read more...] about Middle East–based patent filers – the Unified Patent Court will open doors early 2023, are you prepared?