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"Rumors of SsangYong’s US market entry ambitions are not new, but now that the Mahindra-owned brand has reportedly filed trademark requests for two names, it seems even closer."

"China’s Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) has notified the World Trade Organization's (WTO) Committee on Technical Barriers for Trade of its draft Measures on the Management of Cosmetics Labelling that will streamline three separate labelling requirements currently in force.... The measures require...all labels be in Chinese except for the trademark, overseas company’s address and the conventional glossary. For domestic cosmetics, all or parts of the content can be translated into other languages..."

"The Pudong New Area Intellectual Property Office – China's first IP office empowered with integrated responsibilities for administration and law enforcement of patents, trademarks, and copyright – was set up in Pudong New Area of Shanghai on 16 November 2014."

"The World Intellectual Property Organization this week issued its 2014 edition of the World Intellectual Property Indicators report, finding growth in intellectual property filings in China and the United States, and decline in Europe and Japan."

"Opportunist third parties keep watch for brands registered elsewhere but unregistered in China, and often beat the brand owners to it. They then hold the genuine brand owner to ransom, barring their entry into the market and in some cases stopping their goods from being exported or even extorting money in return for the trademark rights."

"China's top legislature on Thursday ratified the Beijing Treaty on audiovisual performances, a document overseen by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)."

"New special courts on intellectual property rights (IPR) are expected to be set up in China, targeting to meet the increasing litigations amid the country's boosting innovations."

“I think we’re making progress, but we have a long way to go.”

- Bob Goodlatte

"The workshop held in Seoul on April 14 and 15 saw policymakers and academics from the four nations discuss progress on copyright protection in each country and ways to improve bilateral and multilateral cooperation."

"The report listed four items, the first being a copyright application. Applicants need to prove that they have the authority to use and publish the content they are pitching. The second is that written application materials are required to be submitted in the form of a binder. Digital materials also must be accessible through normal means (no DRM?). And finally, internet-related materials must have either a downloadable client or a server where all functions and features of a game are accessible."

"The number of new software copyright registrations that China received last year has reached more than 164,300, a clear indication that Chinese software firms are now more aware about the country's intellectual property rights law."

"The tightening of China's internet regulations, already among the most restrictive in the world, has mainland web portals that host crowd-sourced videos and television content scrambling to meet new requirements."

"The Chinese language has unique characteristics, and therefore your Chinese equivalent trademark should be carefully developed with the help and guidance of trademark, marketing and PR experts, as well as native speakers and translators."

"When filing a China trademark application, it is essential to conduct a pre-application trademark screening to assess the trademark’s registrability. Is the mark inherently distinctive? Does it run afoul of China’s statutory prohibitions on trademarks? Does it conflict with any preexisting trademarks?"

"Registering a trademark in bad faith is a violation of the principle of good faith; a new principle now protected by China's most recent amendments to the Trademark Law.

To determine if there is a registration made in bad faith, it requires the following elements:"

"New Zealand household products company ecostore has launched a legal challenge to protect its intellectual property in the Chinese market."

"Apple has filed for the trademark of 'True Tone' in Hong Kong China. The trademark pertains to the new iPhone 5S camera flash supporting the backside iSight camera. According to the document, Apple's priority filing for this trademark was made in Jamaica."

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