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Jan 16, 2025 | 
managingip.com | Tahota Law Firm
A data property rights system starts with data elements and takes the establishment of a data property rights registration system as the first step in its development.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
law.asia | Wang Xiao |Kelly Liu |Tahota Law Firm |Xiaohongshu logo
The co-ordination mechanism between administrative and criminal proceedings is a crucial avenue for IP protection in China, and rights holders should play a proactive role in the defence processChina employs a dual-track system of administrative and judicial protection for intellectual property (IP) rights, utilising the co-ordination mechanism between administrative and criminal proceedings.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
managingip.com | Tahota Law Firm
On August 24 2023, an official account on WeChat, Daxiaojie LiTiaotiao, announced an indefinite suspension of all its updates. The decision was prompted by a legal demand letter from a major internet company, Tencent, claiming that the mobile application that Daxiaojie LiTiaotiao developed and operated, LiTiaotiao, constitutes unfair competition and thus violates the Anti-Unfair Competition Law of the People's Republic of China.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
managingip.com | Tahota Law Firm
The previous article in this series considered three perspectives on whether internet advertising blocking, or ad-blocking, in China should be regulated by the Anti-Unfair Competition Law. The question arises in light of an announcement on August 24 2023 by an official account on WeChat, Daxiaojie LiTiaotiao, that it would indefinitely suspend its updates.
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Jul 12, 2024 | 
asialaw.com | Tahota Law Firm
On May 30, 2024, Mr. Zhang Tianyi, Director of Tahota Vientiane Office, and his team were invited to pay a visit to the Mr. CHALEUAN YAPAOHER, Vice President of the National Assembly of the Lao PDR in Vientiane, the capital city of Lao PDR.
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Apr 18, 2024 | 
managingip.com | Tahota Law Firm
The CNIPA’s issuance of the Measures for the Expedited Examination of Trademark Registration Applications (Trial) (the Measures) on January 14 2022 aimed to implement a reform “streamlining the government, delegating power, and improving government services” in the field of intellectual property, and expedite the examination of certain trademark registration applications.
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Apr 2, 2024 | 
managingip.com | Tahota Law Firm
Article 49 of China’s Trademark Law stipulates that if a registered trademark is not used for three consecutive years, any unit or individual may apply to the Trademark Office for revocation of the registered trademark. The main purpose of this provision is to encourage trademark registrants to actively, truthfully, and legally use their registered trademarks, and to prevent the idleness of trademark resources and the waste of administrative resources.
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Mar 11, 2024 | 
managingip.com | Tahota Law Firm
At present in China, removing prior obstacles by choosing to sign a coexistence agreement/consent with the owner of a cited trademark has become one of the ways for more and more trademark applicants to obtain trademark rights. However, in judicial review practice in recent years, court attitudes towards co-existence agreements/consents have become increasingly strict, and not all co-existence agreements/consents have been accepted by the relevant court.
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Jan 30, 2024 | 
managingip.com | Tahota Law Firm
The invalidation system for registered trademarks involves the trademark administrative authority declaring invalidation under the legal procedure for registered trademarks if it violates the provisions of the Chinese Trademark Law and should not be registered. The invalidation of registered trademarks can be divided into two types:Invalidation due to violation of absolute causes; andInvalidation due to violation of relative causes.
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Dec 22, 2023 | 
managingip.com | Tahota Law Firm
Since 2020, China’s National Information Security Standardisation Technical Committee (the Technical Committee) has issued many network security standard practical guidelines.
