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China Trademark In The News

March 2011

For this week, the Fourth Session of the 11th National People's Congress (NPC) of China was held between March 3, 2011 and March 14, 2011. During the Session, I was invited again by CCTV, the national TV station of China, to talk about Chinese legal issues on March 10, 2011. Should you hope to share my opinions on those issues, please watch the video at http://www.lehmanlaw.com/press-room/articles-presentations.html.

This week also witnessed a powerful 9.0 magnitude earthquake along the east coast of Honshu, Japan on March 11, 2011. I would like to extend my sympathies and support to the people suffering from this earthquake. I will also stand with those here in China with family and friends affected by these natural disasters.

In the News

AICs nail 30,000 infringements of well-known trademarks

Of all the 38,000 cases handled, 30,000 infringing well-know trademarks, 5,347 involving foreign trademark. AICs have received and handled 42,000 complaints, retrieved 130 million yuan of economic loss for the consumers. Among 450,000 trademark filings, 81,000 were rejected and some of them were filed with malicious intent.Read More >>

State organs spent 41.43 million yuan purchasing legitimate software

1.43 million yuan will be spent by purchasing 53,915 sets of authorized operating system software, office software and antivirus software since October 2010 to February 10, 2011. Read More >>

Oscar 2011 Trademark Winners

Several winners and nominees from Sunday night’s Oscar? awards are protected trademarks.Read More >>

Starbucks rolls out new logo

The World's largest coffeehouse company Starbucks on Tuesday rolled out its new logo to celebrate its upcoming 40-year birthday.Read More >>

China e-commerce giant launches campaign to fight online piracy

Taobao.com, China's leading B2C (business-to-consumer) website, announced on Monday that it will launch a major campaign to stop online piracy and counterfeiting. The move comes after the site was labeled as a "notorious market" by selling products that violate intellectual copyright protection.Read More >>

CityU has a line that hooks phishers

City University of Hong Kong created SiteWatcher (online program) to weed out phishers - criminals who steal personal information.Read More >>

Notice of Interruption in the Operations of the Patents Registry, Designs Registry and the Trade Marks Registry

There will be an interruption on March 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18, 2011. Read More >>

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