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Judgment Gist - Before the filing date of the opposed trademark, Westin Hotel Management, L.P. (“Westin L.P.”) successively operated hotels with the brand name “威斯汀 (Wei...

1. Tesla sued an infringer for using Tesla Used Car in Chinese and was awarded RMB 300,000 in compensation Tesla Motors. INC. is the owner of the mark with reg. nos. 12492119 and 13690440, the...

When conducting the trademark monitor, we are surprised that a trademark which is same (almost identical) with the prior registered mark over the…

The USPTO refused to register the mark ELLA FRESH in the design form shown below, for "fresh fruits and vegetables" [FRESH disclaimed], finding confusion likely with the registered mark ELLA ROSE FARM...

Friday, April 16, 2021 This is the third guest post in a 4-part series regarding Chinese well-known trademarks by Yan Zhang, Feifei Bian & Austin Chang of Beijing East IP. The first part is available here and the second here. In Part II of this series, we shared our representative cases on how to apply the concept of anti-dilution for the protection of a well-known trademark in administrative trademark litigations. In Part III, we selected our representative cases to further ill...

Wednesday, April 14, 2021 This is the second guest post in a 4-part series regarding Chinese well-known trademarks by Yan Zhang, Feifei Bian & Austin Chang of Beijing East IP. The first part is available here. Previously, we shared our insights on how to secure well-known mark recognitions in China and its benefits. In the next few articles, we will be sharing cases with analysis on how the courts apply well-known mark recognitions to various facts. 1. “Cisco in Chinese” v. �...