China trademark law News

It’s Complicated: U.S. Business Stance on China Over Intellectual Property Theft

U.S. businesses and trade groups are split over how forcefully to crack down on China over intellectual property theft, with some arguing the country is making progress on its own in enforcing protections and urging the Trump administration to use …

Apple Pays $60 Million to Settle China iPad Trademark Dispute

Apple Inc. has paid $60 million to Proview Technology (Shenzhen) to end a dispute over the iPad trademark in China that saw the world’s most valuable technology company engaged in a protracted legal tussle with a near-bankrupt Chinese firm. The …

China’s Trademark System Baffles Foreign Firms

China’s trademark system is a minefield of murky rules and opportunistic “trademark squatters” that even the world’s biggest companies and their highly-paid lawyers find hard to navigate, as Apple and Facebook are the latest to find out. While Apple is …