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Sunday, February 14, 2021
On February 8, 2021, China’s Supreme People’s Procuratorate issued the 26th batch of guiding cases covering intellectual property.  This batch covers 5 cases including criminal trademark, copyright and trade secret law.  Foreign victims included Starbucks, Cisco, and HP in 2 of the 5 cases. A brief summary of the cases follow.  The full text is available here (in Chinese only).
 
Counterfeit Starbucks VIA Coffee
In February 2018, the Wuxi City Market Supervision Department received a report stating that there were counterfeit “Starbucks” brand coffee being sold. An investigation determined the “Starbucks” coffee sold by Shuangshan was a counterfeit product. After verification, the market supervision department notified the Wuxi public security department. Later, it was found that the coffee sold by Shuangshan Company was not authorized by the owner of the “Starbucks” brand. Under the premise of knowing th ....

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