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Last year was an active one in terms of trademark decisions in China. The second of a two-part look at the decisions that should be on rights holders’ radars presents revocations for non-use decisions and those that illustrate the raising level of financial compensation awarded by the courts, which do not hesitate to use punitive damages and endorse contractual damages.
Most of the judgments were rendered by the Beijing IP Court and the Beijing High Court, with prosecution disputes handled by the trademark administration (ie, the China National IP Administration (CNIPA), which replaced the China Trademark Office (CTMO) and the Trademark Review and Adjudication Board (TRAB) after an administrative reshuffling).
Wanhuida Intellectual Property partners Huang Hui and Paul Ranjard outline a number of important decisions addressing trademark refusal, oppositions and invalidations on relative grounds handed down in 2020.