IPR Protection in China forEuropean SMEs Presentati

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IPR Protection in China forEuropean SMEs Presentation by Philippe GIRARD FOLEY Of Counsel WAN HUI DA Intellectual Property Agency and Law Firm Case Demonstration Case Demonstration Trademark Prosecution Trademark Prosecut

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Slide1IPR Protection in China forEuropean SMEs Presentation by Philippe GIRARD-FOLEY Of Counsel WAN HUI DA Intellectual Property Agency and Law Firm

Slide2Case Demonstration Case  Demonstration Trademark  Prosecution Trademark  Prosecution

Slide3       Acquisition of Rights       Protection of Rights          Well-known Trademarks     CTO-Application TRAB- Review of Refusal Court CTO TRAB Review of Cancellation Court Trademark  Prosecution Trademark  Prosecution Non-use   Cancellation Opposition Review of Opposition Dispute

Slide4 • Successful registration of Duracell’s “Copper and black colors” of battery as Color Combination Trademark         This is the  first  color combination trademark registration in China.   Acquisition  of  Rights Acquisition  of  Rights TRAB- Review of Refusal

Slide5 • Registration of Three-Dimension Trademark         First  three-dimension trademark registration  via domestic application approved by the Court. CTO & TRAB & Court Acquisition  of  Rights Acquisition  of  Rights

Slide6     This is the first   application in which exhibition priority is claimed and recognized in China.   Acquisition  of  Rights Acquisition  of  Rights  CTO- Application for Registration

Slide7          Can  “three-stripes”  on  clothes,  trousers  and   shoes  be  registered  as trademark?         The  trademarks’  distinctiveness  has  been  established  with  the TRAB  on  the  basis  of  use Acquisition  of  Rights Acquisition  of  Rights TRAB- Review of Refusal

Slide8Based on  the  grounds  that  “PDA  was  the  abbreviation  of Personal  Digital  Assistant  and  the  generic  name  of  products”, filed  request  with  CTO  and  finally  had  this  registration  revoked. This  revocation  saved  the  PDA  industry  in  China. Offending mark Protection  of  Rights Protection  of  Rights CTO & TRAB - Cancellation

Slide9       Is  this  name  a  generic  name  for  grape  and  also  generally  used  in Chinese  wine  industry?       The  mark  had  been  registered  in  early2002.   After  that,  four Chinese  famous  wine  producers  filed  cancellation  based  on  the grounds  that  this  name  was  not  distinctive.       After  the  TRAB’s  decision  and  2  instances  of  court  procedure,  this trademark  was  finally  judged  to  be  registrable.     This  case  has great  impact  on  Chinese  wine  industry  since  this  name  has accumulated  much  value  up  to  now.       Protection  of  Rights Protection  of  Rights TRAB & Courts of 2 instances   解百纳( Jie Bai Na in Chinese )

Slide10 trademarkregistration Protection  of  Rights Protection  of  Rights  TRAB, Courts & local AICs – Integrated measures of administrative lawsuit & civil lawsuit & raid actions  trademark used on clothing LACOSTE’s trademark trademark on  signboard together with “Crocodile Franchise Boutique” After getting registration, the offender modified the registered trademark in actual use and highlighted the company name “Crocodile in Chinese”. Although the trademark registered seemed to be an “electric eel”, the actually used mark expressed itself as “crocodile”. By conducting cancellation of the offender’s trademark, civil litigations in two cities, and raids of over 20 boutiques around China,  the legitimate trademark owner won its case against the infringer.

Slide11       While  filing  opposition,   successfully  conducted  a  series  of  raid action  to  stop  the  other  party’s  sale  of  products  with  the opposed  trademark.  The  raid  action  were  supplemented  as evidence  to  support  the  opposition.       With  such  integrated  measures,  the  legitimate  trademark owner  won  the  opposition  and  timely  stopped  the  offender’s use  of  the  trademark. Protection  of  Rights Protection  of  Rights Offending mark  CTO & local AICs - Opposition & raid action VS

Slide12Recognition of  well-known  status  of  “ 吉列 /Gillette” Recognition  of  well-known  status  of  “ 吉列 /Gillette”        By administrative enforcement channel, one of the two foreign marks recognized in the first batch after the execution of Rules on the Recognition and Protection of Well-known Trademarks Recognition  of  well-known  status  of  “ 米其林 ” 、 “ MICHELIN”  and  “Bibendum  Device” Recognition  of  well-known  status  of  “ 米其林 ” 、 “ MICHELIN”  and  “Bibendum  Device”               By trademark opposition channel Recognition  of  well-known  status  of  “ 欧莱雅 L’OREAL” Recognition  of  well-known  status  of  “ 欧莱雅 L’OREAL”               By trademark opposition channel Recognition  of  well-known  status  of  “Crocodile  Device” Recognition  of  well-known  status  of  “Crocodile  Device”        By judicial judgment channel Recognition  of  well-known  status  of  “ 柯达 ”  /  Recognition  of  well-known  status  of  “KODAK” Recognition  of  well-known  status  of  “ 柯达 ”  /  Recognition  of  well-known  status  of  “KODAK”        By administration enforcement channel /  By judicial judgment channel Recognition  of  well-known  status  of  “ 美宝莲 MAYBELLINE” Recognition  of  well-known  status  of  “ 美宝莲 MAYBELLINE”               By administration enforcement channel Recognition  of  well-known  status  of  “ 高仪 Grohe” Recognition  of  well-known  status  of  “ 高仪 Grohe”               By trademark opposition channel Recognition  of  well-known  status  of  “ 依视路 ” Recognition  of  well-known  status  of  “ 依视路 ”               By trademark review on opposition channel Recognition  of  Well-Known  Trademarks Recognition  of  Well-Known  Trademarks

Slide13         How  to  protect  an  unregistered  trademark  and  stop  other’s  use?       “ 酸酸乳 ” ( Suan  Suan  Ru ) was  the  first   unregistered  trademark recognized  as  well-known  by  Chinese  Court.   Recognition  of  Well-Known  Trademarks Recognition  of  Well-Known  Trademarks  Court VS

Slide14Thank you  for  your  attention Thank  you  for  your  attention