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In the OEM system, how to make the enterprise’s name on OEM products? Shall we make the name of consignor or consignee, or both? This is a confusing problem in practice, even different local industry and commerce departments and quality supervision departments may make totally different decisions on such circumstance. We believe that the marks of products shall have the following functions: (1) to help consumers to claim on products liabilities; (2) to guarantee fair competition and the consumer’s right to know; (3) where the products have been marked with trademark, it can be used to identify products’ source and…

Mr. Huang had to purchase sportswear for the company. Because the company’s logo is light yellow color, he ordered 50 sets of yellow sportswear. After received the sportswear, he found that the color was earth yellow, which was totally different from the color shown on the website, and it was definitely not the ideal color. He negotiated with the retailer on revoking the deal, however, the retailer claimed that there was no quality problem and the website had made a statement, which said that due to the light and camera’s function, the actual color might be different from the color…

The main function of trademark is to identify the manufacturer or seller of goods, symbolize the commercial value and quality of goods, and etc., which requires the manufacturer or seller to use it. So “Trademark Law” has regulated those “Cease to be Used” trademarks. “Trademark Law” Article 49 has stipulated that without a reasonable reason, if the user has not used the registered trademark for an uninterrupted period of 3 years, any units or individual shall have the right to apply to the Trademark Officer for relocating this registered trademark. However, what dose “Use” mean for a trademark, how to…

From the beginning of 2013, several Vertical Monopoly (“VM”) cases have caught the attention of the public. After the National Development and Reform Commission (“NDRC”) investigated “Mao-tai” and “Wuliangye” on their fixed resale price at the beginning of this year, NDRC carried on another investigation on milk manufactures about the same issue in the middle of the year. Recently, Shanghai Higher People’s Court (“Shanghai Higher Court”) made a final judgment on the Rainbow v. Johnson & Johnson case, which evokes the attention of enterprises on VM, especially brings worries to those influential big enterprises on the risks of such articles…

A well-known trademark is registered as the enterprise name by the other party, which brings the conflict between trademark right and enterprise name right, this circumstance is not rare. For the relevant legal issues, the trademark owner shall pay attention to 2 main aspects: (a) the standard on identifying whether the enterprise name has infringed trademark right; (b) the remedies. “Trademark Law” amended in 2008 (“Original Trademark Law”) and the relevant regulations have not stipulated a clear and definite standard on identifying such issues, nor stated distinct remedies, which result in the difficulties for the trademark owner to protect its…

Recently, a criminal case has aroused widespread concern on the infringements of Trade Secret (“TS”), in which a former employee abused the former employer’s client list. 4 former employees obtained the client list of Company A(“A”) by improper means, established a new company, and sold the similar equipments amount to a huge gross income to the overseas clients by pretending to be the branch of A. Eventually, Zhuhai Intermediate People’s Court in the second instance judgment determines that the defendants’(2 companies and 4 individuals) acts have caused loss to A amount to 22,700,000 Yuan(in the first instance judgment, the loss…

According to “Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Printing and Distributing Laws and Regulations for Foreign Exchange Management of Service Trade” (Hui Fa [2013] No. 30, “Circular”) released by State Administration of Foreign Exchange(SAFE), reform of foreign exchange management of service trade will be started on 1st Sep. 2013. The reform highlights 2 aspects: the procedures in dealing with foreign exchange will be more convenient, the taxation policies on foreign exchange will be relatively loosen. Measures for the more convenient procedures are stipulated in Guidance for Foreign Exchange Management of Service Trade, and implementation rules, mainly include:…

Over the years, the Chinese enterprises used to be the licensee under a technology licensing contract (“TLC”), this is why the Chinese laws and regulations have stipulated provisions which are more restrictive to licenser under TLC, especially many prohibitive/restrictive provisions on the restrictive terms in TLC. For the licensers, on the one hand, they want to obtain economic benefits by licensing technology, on the other hand, they want to restrict the usage and improvement of the foresaid technology, control the sale of the products produced with the said technology and etc., so the legality and practicality are the two key…