From 22 to 25 September 2026, the 40th MARQUES Annual Conference took place in Lisbon, Portugal, bringing together professionals from across the global brand protection community. Held under the theme “The Exciting Evolution of Trademarks,” this year’s conference explored how trademarks and brands are evolving as businesses adopt new technologies, engage with consumers in new ways and navigate increasingly complex regulatory environments.
The Supreme People’s Court sets up a specialised IP tribunal on 1 January 2019 which will take the patent and other intellectual property (IP) civil litigations and administrative appeals involving sophisticated professional skills coming from the three IP courts and 19 IP tribunals with cross-region jurisdiction around the country.
This is a complicated trademark infringement case, involving a multinational corporation and a domestic industry leader, who later united together with other local corporations.
In March 2014, Unwired Planet brought an action against Huawei, Samsung and Google for the infringement of its UK patents, including 5 standard essential patents (“SEP”) covered by 2G, 3G and 4G telecommunication standards.
On February 26, 2019, Chang Tsi & Partners, along with administrative leaders with the China National Intellectual Property Administration (hereinafter referred to as "Administration"), industrial experts and representatives from other Chinese IP firms was invited to attend the symposium on opinion solicitation of "Regulations on managing trademark application and registration behaviors" (hereinafter referred to as "Regulations").
Asia Legal Business (ALB) announced the final ranking of 2019 ALB China Firms to Watch. With its outstanding performance in the IP field and impressive growth in business, Chang Tsi & Partners was included into the ranking and highly recommended by the ALB in 2019.
Early 2019，Chang Tsi Management Conference 2018 was held at Ayana Resort and Spa, Bali of Indonesia. This Conference gathered the managerial personnel of Chang Tsi from Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen together for the previous experience and the future development.
The ruling of the subject case is a break from the norm.
Recently, the Legal 500 China region issued its list of 2018 rankings. This list covers 16 areas of law practice. Chang Tsi & Partners was recognized in the top tier in the field of intellectual property.
This is a typical patent invalidation case associated with patent infringement litigation.
This case is a typical non-use cancelation case, where the owner did not properly use its registered trademark.
Since December 2015, LEGO has begun placing advertisements widely at subway stations in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and other Chinese cities, among which the most noticeable slogans were the following two, i.e. v
On October 12, 2018, Guangzhou Intellectual Property Court (GIPC) made the second-instance judgment on the case involving a dispute against Guangzhou Xin Fan Cai Trading Co., Ltd. over the infringement of Levi`s trademark consisting of double arcs.
