Asia IP

Can products manufactured in China and exported to foreign countries infringe upon a Chinaregistered trademark? Hao Chen and Haiyan Wu explain.

For more than a year, the Beijing IP Court has been working to expedite trademark litigation in relation to review of refusal cases. Haiyan Wu explains how practice has changed.

What 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 argu...

In some parts of the world, use of the trademark coexistence doctrine is commonplace. Xia Zheng, Jingjing Wu and Mengmeng Yu explain how trademark coexistence is gradually becoming more accepted in Ch...

While it is often obvious when the principle of Ne Bis in Idem is to be applied, in certain circumstances, it may be considered controversial. Rieko Michishita and Lin Zhao examine several special sce...

Draft amendments to China’s trademark law are expected to strengthen protection of intellectual property rights and standardize their application and use. David W Cheng explains.

Asia IP takes its annual look at the top cases of the previous year. Gregory Glass and Anna Zhang report from Hong Kong.