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
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
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...
The Hangzhou Intermediate People’s Court of Zhejiang Province has recently concluded the first-instance trial of the first virtual goods trademark infringement case. This case has clarified that the
, Ltd. and two other defendants regarding trademark infringement and unfair competition. The court ultimately ordered the three defendants to jointly and severally pay economic losses and reasonable
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
counsel “not only for an assessment of the case, but for a cost assessment” before proceeding with litigation. The panel also discussed issues around trademark protection, with LaNelle Owens