Recently, the China National Intellectual Property Administration (“CNIPA”) published a Notice on Action Plan for Combating Malicious Squatting of Trademarks (“Notice”). The Notice emphasizes that malicious trademark squatting cause serious damage to the legitimate rights and interests of honest market participants and general public, and seriously harms the order of trademark registration management. In order to strengthen governance from the source and establish an efficient working mechanism for cracking down on malicious squatting, with coordination among different departments, the CNIPA has decided to carry out a special action against malicious squatting from March 2021.  The work focus on the following seven types of trademark malicious squatting seeking improper benefits, disturbing the order of trademark registration and causing relatively adverse social impact:…
Continue Reading The China National Intellectual Property Administration Initiate Special Campaign against Malicious Squatting of Trademarks