China Trademarks: The Color of Money
In a recent Quick Question Friday, I addressed whether a trademark application for a color device (aka logo) should be
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Quick Question Friday: China Law Answers, Part 73
Because of this blog, our China lawyers get a fairly steady stream of China law questions from readers, mostly via
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China Trademarks: Should You Try To Register a Descriptive Trademark?
The purpose of a trademark, from both a legal and branding perspective, is to identify the source of goods. It
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China Mold Ownership/Mold Protection Agreements: More Important Than Ever
This worry is leading many Chinese manufacturers to view their foreign buyers as likely to eventually leave them and that
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Quick Question Friday: China Law Answers, Part 71
Because of this blog, our China lawyers get a fairly steady stream of China law questions from readers, mostly via
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China Trademark Registrations Are the Bare Minimum (Still)
I love when a reader sends me a link to an old blog post and asks whether “it is still
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Did China Really Create a New Trademark Office?
A couple weeks ago, the online Chinese magazine Sixth Tone ran a story titled “China Founds Trademark Office to Protect
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China NNN ≠ Foreign NDA
As regular readers of our blog know well, we constantly emphasize the need for a China-specific NNN Agreement to protect
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Ten Ways to Calculate Your China Legal Risks: Do You Feel Lucky?
As China governmental power continues to expand and continues to get more concerned about its slowing economy and how it
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China Trademarks: Should You Register A Movie Title as a Trademark?
In the entertainment industry, documenting a film’s chain of title is extremely important. It’s how you show that the putative
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