跨境电商作为新兴外贸业态,在疫情期间已成为稳外贸的重要力量。外界对跨境电商行业的报道,离不开让人眼前一亮的增长数字和可期的前景。但近期,对于跨境电商从业者而言,摆在面前的却是在某国际电商平台上被封号的“翻车惨案”。4月底某头部跨境电商账号被封,封号潮由此开始,并浩浩荡荡持续三个月,从头部大卖到腰部卖家尽数中招,跨境电商上市公司及融资级别的公司均被波及。和此前单纯地下架一些产品相比,这次某国际电商平台不仅直接封号,还将店铺的资金也冻结了。某跨境大卖家因涉嫌违反平台规则,公司资金被冻结1.3亿。该公司公布的12种违规行为中,除了有放置小卡片向客户索取好评、刷单、刷屏的典型问题外,仿造或假冒商品也赫然在列。
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中国裁判所、初の冒認出願差止命令、冒認出願の弁護士費用支払を原告に命じる
2021年4月22日、アモイ知的財産権法廷は、エマソン・エレクトリック社(以下、「エマソン」といいます)がA社等を訴えた不正競争紛争事件の第一審判決を下し、被告1のA社、被告2のH社、及び2社の事実上の管理者である被告3のWに対し、10年近くエマソンに対し行った大量の冒認出願(商標の抜け駆け登録)行為を停止するよう命じ、冒認出願対応に要した弁護士費用の損失を賠償するとともに、影響を排除するための声明を発表するよう命じました。また、被告3者の商標代理機構に対しても、侵害幇助に該当するとし、エマソンに対し損害を賠償するよう命じました。…
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Chinese Court Issues Its First Injunctive Order against Trademark Piracy and Granted Recovery of Attorney Fees for the Genuine Brand Owner
On April 22, 2021, Xiamen IP Tribunal issued a judgment for Emerson Electric Co. (“Emerson”), ordering the defendants – Company A, Company H, and their person in charge, Mr. W – to stop its trademark piracy that had been lasted for 10 years, compensate attorney fees, and make a public statement to eliminate negative effects.
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CNIPA Issued Guidance on ‘Notice on Strengthening the Protection of Well-known Trademarks in Handling Cases Involving Trademark Infraction
According to Article 14 of the Trademark Law, well-known trademarks in China can be recognized through judicial and administrative channels.
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Interpretation of Main Points of Revision of the Guidelines for Patent Examination (2020)
At the end of 2020, China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) published the latest version of revision of the Guidelines for Patent Examination, all of which were aimed at Chapter X of Part II (“Some Provisions on Examination of Invention Applications in the Field of Chemistry”). The revision came into force on January 15, 2021. The revision involves many aspects, mainly including supplementary experimental data, as well as judgement of novelty and inventiveness of patent applications for inventions for compounds and inventions in biological field. The revision of supplementary experimental data may mainly be intended to meet China’s commitments in the Sino-US trade agreement;therevision of compound inventions is intended to eliminate the discord between Chapter IV (Inventive Step) and Chapter X (Chemical Inventions) of the Guidelines for Patent Examination;and the revision of inventions in biological field clarifies examination practices in the past several years on the grounds that the old Guidelines for Patent Examination could not keep pace with development of science and technology. There is no doubt that the revision will have a great impact on future prosecution of patent applications. The revision will be described in detail below.
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2021年1月22日、中国国家知識産権局は、特許、商標、地理的表示、集積回路の回路配置に関する2020年の年間統計データを発表した。…
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化合物に関する特許の無効審判段階での安定性分析
医薬品分野において、革新的な薬品の研究開発には通常、大量の資金及び人的資源が投入され、数十億ドルの投資や数年に及ぶ実験・審査を経て初めて、その販売が可能となる。したがって、革新的な薬品は、知的財産権保護への依存度が非常に高い特殊分野である。知的財産権、特に医薬品関連特許の保護を強化してこそ、増え続ける革新的な薬品の開発を常に促し、人々の生命と健康に利益をもたらすことができる。…
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《特許審査指南》の改正(2020年)の解説
2020年末に、国家知識産権局は、新たに改正された《審査指南》を発表した。改正《審査指南》は2021年1月15日から施行される。今回改正の主な改正点は、実験データの追加、化合物発明および生物分野発明の新規性、進歩性の判断などを含み、ほとんど《審査指南》第二部分第10章《化学分野における発明特許出願の審査に関する若干規定》に関連している。今回の改正は、下記(1)~(3)を考慮して、過去数年間の審査慣行を《審査指南》に反映する必要がある、などのニーズに迫るものと考えられる。…
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Impact of new Patent Law in 2021 on Design Applications
The new Patent Law of the People’s Republic of China will come into effect on June 1, 2021. As far as design patent applications are concerned, the new patent law has several important changes which are worthy of the applicant’s attention when considering of the filing strategies.
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CNIPA Intensifies the Crackdown on Bad Faith Registrations
On 15 December 2020, the National Expert Training Course for Trademark Examination and Review was held in Guiyang. He Zhimin, deputy director of the China National Intellectual Property Administration(CNIPA), attended the course, emphasizing that: in 2021, CNIPA will further intensify its efforts to crack down on bad faith trademark registrations.
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