Seoul-based Penta Security Systems Inc. (Applicant). Penta, a provider of web and data security products, solutions and services, applied for the Wapples trademark (Application Mark) on December 3
District Judge Stephen McNamee ruled that VIP Products' "Bad Spaniels" chew toy violates Jack Daniel's' trademark rights by tarnishing its brand, the latest twist in a decade-long dispute that
The original title: Guarding Openness with Private Rights: The Significance, Key Points and Strategies of Open-source Trademark Protection Open-source Software (OSS) refers to software whose source
On 6 November, the General Court of the European Union ruled in case T-544/23 on a dispute involving PUMA's figurative marks No. 08461469 and No. 012697066. In 2020, Mr Yukai Zheng, a resident of Chin...
Brazil has kept up its efforts to improve the protection and enforcement of IPR over the reporting period. The Brazilian IPR Office (INPI) continues reducing the patent and trade mark backlogs. INPI h...
On July 21, 2025, the Hangzhou Intermediate People's Court issued a landmark second-instance decision in a trademark infringement and unfair competition case involving the "G. Patton" brand
Recently Alfred Dunhill Limited instituted a proceeding against Guangzhou Dengxi Shijia Leather Products Co. Ltd. and Bairong World Trade Center for trademark infringement and unfair competition. The
China's Internet giant Tencent has sued the country's Trademark Review and Adjudication Board (TRAB) after its application to trademark QQ's beeping sound was rejected by the latter. Tencent QQ, one
The long-standing trademark dispute between Le Coq Sportif and Mo Ri KeShoes &Clothes company (Mo Ri Ke) had come to an end recently. The dispute officially began when the Trademark Office of the
China's supreme court on Tuesday began hearing a trademark lawsuit brought by US basketball star Michael Jordan, a case experts project will become a model for similar cases in the future. Jordan has