By Lin Jiuchu, Zhang Jiaqi, King and Wood Mallesons

Case review

Our client, a Chinese garment enterprise, owns the registered trademark “DEICAE” and its corresponding Chinese trademark “迪赛(DiSai in Pinyin)”. DIESEL S.P.A, a famous Italian garment enterprise, filed an invalidation application against the Chinese trademark “迪赛” of our client, arguing that “迪赛” is similar to its prior trademark “DIESEL”, and thus the disputed mark “迪赛” shall be invalidated. Both China National Intellectual Property Administration (“CNIPA”) and Beijing IP Court supported DIESEL S.P.A ’s arguments on the following grounds: Continue Reading Case Study of Invalidation against “迪赛 (DiSai in Pinyin) ”: Application and Protection of Transliteration Trademarks in China

作者：林久初 张家绮 金杜律师事务所

案情简介

我们客户是一家中国服装企业，名下有英文“DEICAE”和其对应的“迪赛”注册商标。一家著名的意大利服装企业DIESEL S.P.A，对我们客户中文“迪赛”商标提起无效宣告请求，认为我们客户的“迪赛”商标与其在先“DIESEL”商标构成近似。 Continue Reading 从“迪赛”无效宣告案看外文音译商标的申请和保护

By King and Wood Mallesons

On 31 December 2019, Guangdong People’s Higher Court made its ruling on the trademark infringement and unfair competition civil suit between Italian luxury brand Bvlgari and Hunan Taskin Investment Co. Ltd, etc., recognizing the former’s “BVLGARI 宝格丽” mark under Reg. No. 3811212 for “accessories (jewelry); watches” a well-known trademark, and consequently holding the defendant’s use of “宝格丽 (Bvlgari in Chinese characters)” and “宝格丽公寓 (Bvlgari Residential Building in Chinese characters)” in a prominent manner on commercial properties the defendant developed and on the promotional materials thereof constitute infringement against Bvlgari’s aforementioned trademark registration. Continue Reading KWM assisted Italian luxury brand Bvlgari to win trademark infringement & unfair competition suit with well-known trademark recognition

作者：金杜律师事务所

2019年12月31日，广东省高级人民法院就意大利奢侈品牌宝格丽与湖南德思勤投资有限公司等的侵害商标权及不正当竞争纠纷一案做出二审判决，认定宝格丽公司第3811212号“BVLGARI宝格丽”商标为第14类“装饰品（珠宝）、表”等商品上的驰名商标，继而认定被告在中国长沙开发的商业楼盘及宣传资料中以突出方式使用“宝格丽”、“宝格丽公寓”等标识的行为构成对宝格丽公司第14类注册商标专用权的侵犯，判决侵权方连带赔偿宝格丽经济损失及合理开支。由于本案一审法院并未在一审判决中就“BVLGARI宝格丽”商标是否构成驰名商标进行认定，加之在全国法院已较少在民事侵权案件中认定驰名商标的背景下，二审法院改判作出驰名商标的认定具有重大意义，充分体现了中国商标法关于驰名商标的“因需认定”原则。 Continue Reading 金杜成功代理意大利奢侈品牌宝格丽在商标侵权及不正当竞争案中胜诉并获驰名商标认定

By King and Wood Mallesons

On January 28, 2020, the China National Intellectual Property Administration(CNIPA) issued a notice named the Matters Concerning the Term of Patents, Trademarks, and Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits Affected by the Epidemic, which announced that if the parties had delayed the time limit stipulated in the Trademark Law and its implementing regulations or specified by the CNIPA for epidemic-related reasons, the relevant time limit will be suspended from the day when the obstacle to the exercise of rights occurred, and it will continue to be calculated until the day when the obstacle to the exercise of rights is eliminated, except as otherwise provided by law. If the trademark right is lost due to the obstacle to the exercise of rights, a written application should be filed within 2 months from the date when the obstacle to the exercise of rights is eliminated, the reason shall be given, and the corresponding certification materials shall be filed to request the recovery of the rights. Continue Reading CNIPA’s Handling of Trademark Enforcement Obstacles in the New Coronavirus Epidemic

作者：龚牧龙、万敏秀 金杜律师事务所

随着中国证券投资基金业协会（“基金业协会”）2019年发布的《私募投资基金备案须知》（《备案须知》）规定的过渡期安排将于2020年3月31日到期，为提高《备案须知》适用后私募投资基金备案工作的公开透明度和备案效率，基金业协会于2020年3月20日公布了私募投资基金备案申请材料清单（《备案清单》，具体内容请见后附）。 Continue Reading 私募投资基金备案申请材料清单发布，标准化和透明度再升级

By King and Wood Mallesons

On February 18, 2020, the Trademark Office(TM office) of the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) issued a notice named Online Publication of the Decisions on Trademark Oppositions. TM office announced in the notice as following: To enhance the transparency of the trademark opposition examination, strengthen social supervision, promote law-based administration, we decide to publish decisions on the trademark oppositions online. The decisions will be published on the China National Trademark website (http://sbj.cnipa.gov.cn/) within 20 working days after delivered, except where any of the following circumstances: Continue Reading CINIPA started to publish the trademark opposition decisions online

作者：金杜律师事务所

2020年1月28日，国家知识产权局发出一则关于专利、商标、集成电路布图设计受疫情影响相关期限事项的公告（第350号），该公告指出当事人因疫情相关原因延误商标法及其实施条例规定的期限或者国家知识产权局指定的期限，导致其不能正常办理相关商标事务的，相关期限自权利行使障碍产生之日起中止，待权利行使障碍消除之日继续计算，法律另有规定的除外；因权利行使障碍导致其商标权利丧失的，可以自权利行使障碍消除之日起2个月内提出书面申请，说明理由，出具相应的证明材料，请求恢复权利。 Continue Reading 国家知识产权局针对新型冠状病毒疫情中商标行权障碍的处理

作者：景云峰、张波、蒋睿馨 金杜律师事务所

平时一提到关务合规或者海关行政处罚、走私犯罪，很多外贸企业关注的焦点往往集中在进口环节。与此同时，存在重大合规风险的货物出口环节经常被忽视，甚至部分企业还长期持有误解，认为海关只管进口不管出口。本文旨在通过列举典型违法犯罪案例，重点解读出口法律风险，以帮助外贸企业及时填补合规监管漏洞。

Continue Reading 不可小觑的出口法律风险

作者：金杜律师事务所

2020年2月18日，国家知识产权局商标局发出关于在“网上公开商标异议决定文书的公告”。公告称：为增强商标异议审查工作的透明度，加强社会监督，促进依法行政，我局决定自2020年1月1日起在网上公开商标异议决定，商标异议决定文书将自交邮之日起20个工作日内在中国商标网（http://sbj.cnipa.gov.cn/）上予以公开，但有下列情形之一的除外： Continue Reading 商标局开始在网上公开异议决定书