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China Cracking Down on Malicious Trademark Registrations
Issued: May 19 2016What do a deck of playing cards and a lighter have in common? Nothing, one could argue. On December 30, 2015, the Beijing No.1 Intermediate People’s Court argued otherwise and endorsed a creative argument in a case involving the world’s largest playing card manufacturing company and a malicious trademark applicant. Peter C Pang reports.
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