China Trademark Report, 2004, Volume 2 (Total Volume 4)

Author: Cao Zhongqiang Huang Hui
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Publish Date: 2005-03-01
Features: This report, published every six months, aims to provide a concise overview of current domestic and international trademark trends, enabling future reference to existing regulations, judgments, and the like. As a record of such an overview and reference, in China, attention to maintaining such records is rare not only in the field of intellectual property but also in most other legal areas. However, such records are indeed indispensable for Chinese and foreign practitioners and researchers. In this report, regulations are; judgments are or . It is hoped that over the years, people will find this report truly useful. — Zheng Chengsi
This volume primarily includes developments in the trademark field during the first half of 2004, with some exceptions for specific cases and regulations.
[Official Documents] includes a series of laws, regulations, and normative documents affecting trademark protection: the "Amendment to the Constitution of the People's Republic of China" passed by the National People's Congress in March emphasizes the inviolability of citizens' legitimate private property and the state's protection of the private property rights and inheritance rights of companies in accordance with the law.
[Typical Cases] first includes the second judgments of five cases: automotive radiator grilles, Heineken, Thirteen-Spice, Biyaofang, and Wife's Friend. The first two cases involve the determination of evidence not submitted during the review process, while the latter two concern the validity of licensing contracts.
[Operational Guidelines] features a special article by Director An Qinghu of the Trademark Bureau on well-known trademarks, which comprehensively reviews the progress of well-known trademark protection and analyzes the new dynamics in its protection following the implementation of the new trademark law.
[Global Dynamics] introduces the signing of an intellectual property protection agreement between China and Italy, as well as Japan's efforts to strengthen the construction of its intellectual property court.
[Important Archives] organizes and collects a batch of well-known trademarks recognized or confirmed by the Trademark Bureau in opposition and case protection procedures, the Commercial Dispute Resolution Commission in review procedures, and courts in judicial protection since the implementation of the new trademark law for easy reference.
[Bibliography Index] should ideally include both works and discussions, but the previous three volumes had discussions without works, only featuring articles from newspapers and magazines. This time, we have compiled and summarized publications related to trademarks and intellectual property since 2001, including academic, practical, regulatory, and series works, to complete the format.