INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

As a highly competitive international city in the GBA, Hong Kong is striving to become an international legal and dispute settlement services centre. David Weiguo Min, Senior Partner of Guangzhou-based D&S Law Firm, considers Hong Kong’s legal services to be of the highest international standards. Although Guangzhou, Shenzhen and other cities in the GBA are developing rapidly, they still have a long way to go to reach these levels. More

Capitalising on the distinctive features of the GBA, iLife Innovation Limited has set up three manufacturing bases in Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Zhongshan and three R&D centres in Hong Kong, Shenzhen and Guangzhou. iLife Vice President Chen Guanliang shared that the GBA’s favourable business environment and availability of complete production supply chains are all conducive to the development of companies engaged in the R&D and production of technology products. More

The Office of the National Leading Group on the Fight against IPR Infringement and Counterfeiting recently issued a circular outlining major tasks in its crackdown on IPR infringement and counterfeiting. More

The National Intellectual Property Administration released the Criteria on Determining Trademark Infringement on 15 June, offering clear guidance to trademark enforcement in relation to trademark use, same goods, similar goods, identical trademarks, similar trademarks, readily confusing, sales exemption, conflict of right, application of stay of trial, determination of right holder, among other things. More