Fabio Giacopello and Daniel de Prado Escudero of HFG Law & Intellectual Property analyse how the applicability of trademarks has evolved amid the widespread use of original equipment manufacturers in China by overseas companies
The European Union requested the World Trade Organization establish a panel to examine China’s anti suit injunctions in patent cases. Chinese courts have issued ASIs blocking patent holders from enforcing their foreign patent rights outside of China with extensive daily fines.
Guangdong Higher People’s Court announced that NetEase was awarded 50 million RMB and an injunction in an unfair competition case against Shenzhen Mini Play Company involving Minecraft and Mini Play’s similar sandbox game Mini World. NetEase has right to operate Minecraft in China.
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