by ELIGON | Mar 10, 2023 | Publications
Right before the 2023 Lunar New Year holiday break (beginning on 21 January), the Chinese trademark office and Supreme People’s Court (SPC) dropped bombshells that will create fundamental changes to China’s trademark system and should send shockwaves from the Pacific...
by ahsiao | Jun 15, 2022 | Publications
With their creative minds, marketing and advertising folks never disappoint in coming up with brilliant ways to distinguish their goods and services from the competition – for example, Tiffany’s robin’s egg blue and Hermes’ orange. This type of marketing genius allows...
by ahsiao | Mar 17, 2021 | Publications
We are thrilled to see that one of our partners, Amy Hsiao, is once again named in the 2021 edition of WTR 1000! World Trademark Review is the most recognized global resource for trademark expertise. Here’s what WTR says about Amy: We want to thank all our clients and...
by ahsiao | Feb 1, 2020 | Publications
November 11th is the so-called ‘Single’s Day in China’; this is the day consumers celebrate or commiserate being single by shopping online. The estimated revenue of Single’s Day could reach forty-three billion USD. This is equivalent to ‘Black Friday’ in the US. The...
by ahsiao | Jan 8, 2020 | Publications
“The governing contract and trademark laws in China do not prohibit licensing of a trademark even if it’s unregistered. But the fact that a situation may be legal does not mean it’s risk-free or makes much business sense.” The following article was published on...
by ahsiao | Nov 12, 2019 | Publications
Although the Chinese law does not strictly prohibit licensing of an unregistered trademark, the approach is not risk free either. Click here to read my published article discussing the legal as well as business risks when it comes to licensing unregistered trademarks...
