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China IP Express 346 (April 2012)
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April 2012
Trade mark
LACOSTE’ s registered ’crocodile’ figuarative trade mark had not been used in China for three consecutive years; the Court has upheld the Trade Mark Office’s decision to revoke the registration.
Patent
Equity assignment and patent licence between Sihuan Bioengineering Co. Ltd and Vitapharm on trail
Copyright
Siemens PLM software company awarded higher compensation in copyright dispute against I-Tooling Manufacturing Group (IMG)
Unfair competition
Shanghai Xingweihuiye Filtration equipment Limited Company sues Cao Yongchun, Shanghai Xianghao Environmental Protection Science and Technology Limited Company, and Hangzhou Alibaba Advertising Company
 
 
China IP Express 345 (February 2012)
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February 2012
Trade Mark
Second-instance judgment in trade-mark infringement action BEIERSDORF AG vs. Arunis (shanghai) and Shanghai Yuyan
Copyright
Microsoft (China) sues Gome and Buynow for copyright infringement
Patent
Second-instance court rules in favour of Philips, the Defendant in patent infringement proceedings
Unfair competition
Unfair competition dispute concerning TV drama ‘Detective Di Renjie’
 
 
China IP Express 344 (January 2012)
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January 2012
Trade Mark
Weiguan (Shenzhen) wins dispute on the iPad trade mark
Copyright
Judgment issued in one of the largest piracy publications cases in Beijing
Patent
Beijing Double-Crane Pharmaceutical wins patent infringement lawsuit
Unfair Competition
Jiangsu employees convicted of infringing trade secrets
Hong Kong
FREY WILLE GmbH & Co, KG and FREY WILLIE (HK) LIMITED v. COMPLEX INDUSTRIAL COMPANY LIMITED (綜合企業有限公司) and SY YEE MIU (施議錨) HCA 378/2011
 
 
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