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This week, Lehman, Lee & Xu was voted as a DealMakers Law Award Winner 2011 in the category of INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR. The DealMakers Law Awards 2011 recognize a select number of leading professional firms, across the globe, for their individual areas of specialization, within their geographical location. As the Managing Director of Lehman, Lee & Xu, I am very pleased that it has won the award and I would like to extend my thanks to the DealMakers and all those who participated in the electronic voting.
In addition, we are pleased to announce that our award winning IP team from the law firm will be attending this year's INTA Annual Meeting in San Francisco, 14-18 May 2011. During the INTA annual meeting our firm will offer INTA Annual Meeting attendees a unique opportunity to discuss the latest developments in Chinese intellectual property law and related issues in a series of round table discussions. These round table discussions will be hosted by LEHMAN, LEE & XU at Exhibitor's Booth 900 respectively on May 16th and 17th. Notice letters were sent out a few weeks ago and many responses have been received for the reservation of seats. We will be happy to meet all our friends there to discuss Chinese intellectual property issues during this largest and most prestigious meeting of the international trademark community. To set up further appointments or make reservations for the round table discussions, please email us at inta@lehmanlaw.com.

Beijing No. 1 Inter mediate People’s Court has reached a conclusion in the first instance on the trademark case brought by Hubei Xiangyun (Group) Chemical Co Ltd (Xiangyun Group) against the Trademark Review and Adjudication Board (TRAB) of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) and the third person BASF SE. (BASF), a Germany-based chemical company. With the award for Xiangyun Group, the case was brought to a temporary end. This seemingly ordinary trademark dispute case, however, aroused hot debates among well-known experts and drew continuous attention from the media covering this field.Read More >>

The JDB Group (JDB), a Hong Kong-based beverage producer that uses the Wong Lo Kat (WLK) brand, is getting heated up over a fight between the drink in red and green cans. Their respective owners, JDB and Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Holding Limited (Guangzhou Pharm), might go different ways as the brand value skyrocketed and the licensing contract between the two is drawing to an end, and most importantly, Guangzhou Pharm has openly started to solicit new global partners.Read More >>

BEIJING - After lining up outside for 16 hours, Yu Hong stepped out of an Apple store in Beijing one happy lady on Friday.Read More >>

(funded by the Hong Kong Reprographic Rights Licensing Society). This reward scheme is to encourage members of the public to provide information to Customs to combat copying service businesses (such as copy shops) involving in activities of making infringing copies of copyright work in books, and organisations involving in activities of making infringing copies of copyright work in books or periodicals for distribution without authorisation of the copyright owner for the purpose of trade/business to an extent leading to a financial loss to the copyright owner.Read More >>

(funded by the Hong Kong Copyright Licensing Association). This reward scheme is to encourage members of the public to provide information to Customs to combat organisations involving in activities of making infringing copies of copyright work in newspapers or magazines for distribution without authorisation of the copyright owner for the purpose of trade/business to an extent leading to a financial loss to the copyright owner.Read More >>

Lehman, Lee & Xu is a top-tier Chinese law firm specializing in corporate, commercial, intellectual property, and labor and employment matters. For further information on any issue discussed in this edition of China IP In The News or for all other enquiries, please e-mail us at mail@lehmanlaw.com or visit our website at www.lehmanlaw.com.

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