作者：林久初 王斯 金杜律师事务所知识产权部
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点：在商标权人本身知名度较高以及商标申请人具有明显恶意的情况下，驰名商标的举证责任或减轻。
萨尔瓦多·菲拉格慕股份有限公司（Salvatore Ferragamo S.P.A.，以下简称“菲拉格慕公司”）是世界知名的时尚产品生产商，其在包括中国在内的世界范围内享有盛誉，尤其是在鞋、服装、手袋、眼镜、香水等时尚产品方面享有极高的知名度。菲拉格慕公司的主商标为与其商号同名的 “Salvatore Ferragamo”（设计体：“
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成都某公司于2011年4月21日在第11类照明器械及装置等商品上申请注册了第9372234号“”商标（以下简称“争议商标”），争议商标于2012年5月7日获准注册。此外，该公司还于2009年9月2日在第11类相同商品上申请注册了第7665968号“菲拉格慕”商标，该商标于2011年4月14日获准注册。
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By Yang Hua King & Wood Mallesons’ IP Group
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hina Trademark Office (CTMO) announced on its official website on Thursday, March 24, that it is introducing some new practical measures in order to provide more efficient and convenient services for the brand owners in their trademark application procedures. It is the first time in
By Susan Ning, Cheng Liu, and Hazel Yin King & Wood Mallesons’ Commercial & Regulatory Group
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arch 23, China’s National Development and Reform Commission (“NDRC”) published the draft Antitrust Guidelines for the Auto Industry (“Draft Guidelines”), and invited public comments by April 12, 2016. NDRC is entrusted by the State Council Antimonopoly Commission to take the lead in drafting these Draft Guidelines. Before this draft on March 23, it had circulated several versions among a smaller group and received comments from major market players, industry associations, consumer associations, academic experts and legal practitioners.
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By Susan Ning, Cheng Liu, Weiqing Qiu and Yun Bi King & Wood Mallesons’ Commercial & Regulatory Group
On October 12, 2015, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council issued the Several Opinions on Promoting the Price Mechanism Reform (“Opinions”). The Opinions call for strengthening the market price supervision and the antitrust enforcement, and target to establish a scientific, orderly, and transparent price supervision regime and antitrust enforcement mechanism by 2020.
Following the Opinions by the central government, many provincial governments (such as provinces of Henan, Hebei, Hunan, Hubei, Inner Mongolia, etc.) have recently issued their own guidelines to promote price mechanism reform and enhance the antitrust enforcement.
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By David Parkes and Ofei Kwafo-Akoto King & Wood Mallesons’ London Office
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hana has faced a series of macroeconomic challenges over the past year, with sustained depreciation of the cedi against major foreign currencies, high fiscal and current account deficits and a slowdown in real GDP growth. Despite this, the country remains one of
作者：David Parkes Ofei Kwafo-Akoto 金杜律师事务所伦敦办公室
加纳在去年遭遇了一系列宏观经济上的挑战，包括塞地兑主要外汇持续贬值、财政账户和经常账户严重赤字、以及实际国内生产总值增长率减缓。尽管如此，该国仍然是西非次区域的投资亮点之一。吸引外国投资依然是政府的核心任务，最近的立法发展体现了政府在为投资者创造有利监管环境方面做出的巨大努力。
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By Susan Ning, Cheng Liu and Shenglan Liu King & Wood Mallesons’Commercial & Regulatory Group
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hina’s top antitrust authority, the Anti-monopoly Commission (“AMC”) of the State Council is to issue the integrated IPR antitrust guidelines. AMC has entrusted three antitrust enforcement agencies, the National Development and Reform Commission (“NDRC”), the State Administration of Industry and Commerce (“SAIC”) and the Ministry of Commerce (“MOFCOM”), and the State Intellectual Property Office (“SIPO”) with the task of drafting antitrust guidelines on intellectual property rights (IPRs). It is reported that these agencies are finalizing their respective draft guidelines and will submit the drafts to AMC by the end of March 2016. Since AMC is responsible for coordinating antitrust policies in China, it will take the lead to consolidate the said four draft IP guidelines and issue an integrated one.
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