In the beginning of this year 2023, the China trademark office, now known as âChina National Intellectual Property Administration,â released a draft of amendments on China trademark law which provide some drastic changes targeted at solving bad-faith filing issues. In addition, in the past 2 or 3 years after the implementation of the current Trademark Law (2019) by adding Article 4 prohibiting bad-faith filings with no real intent to use, not only trademark squatters but also many brand owners have received refusals based on Article 4 trademark applications, in particular the brand owners' defensive filing program. Considering such new practices may cause some frustration to brand owners in their brand protection in China, the presentation will share thoughts about the recent changes in practice and potential legislative changes and offer suggestions on the best practices around Article 4 refusals in China.
Speaker: Shuang Yu, Counsel, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
This QuickCounsel outlines the variety of regimes of liability applicable to statutory auditors, tax and legal counsels.
In this article, in-house counsel can learn more about investment in Japanese businesses and commercial relationships. This resource was published by Meritas in February 2018.
Many companies lack a formal process for contract administration. Many others have a contract process which is in need of updating or improvement. This program session will review the lifecycle of contracts and highlight ways to develop and improve a company’s formalized contracting process. This session will emphasize practical tips that can be used to implement a contract management system and enforce up-to-date contracting policies, including who should be responsible for running the process, how contracts should be routed within the organization, signing authority, electronic contract management systems, monitoring contract compliance, and record retention.
Sample Records Retention Plan
This is a sample food services agreement involving an educational campus.
This is a hotel group sales agreement where the Hotel agrees to hold the space listed in the agreement on a tentative basis until a specified date.
This is a sample sales agreement where the Hotel agrees to hold the space listed in the agreement on a tentative basis.
Corporations with operations in Puerto Rico are well advised to be familiar with several pieces of local legislation which can become a veritable maelstrom to the unfamiliar or uninformed employer.
This guide provides an introduction to blockchain technologies and sectors that may be affected.
With corporations today paying greater attention to their internal processes and procedures, it is an ideal time for legal departments to create and implement a legal department business plan. This article provides models and components for developing a legal department business plan.
This Quick Overview aims to provide company executives who are not tax professionals with a brief explanation of key tax points relevant to the transfer of patent assets in the United States.
Jeff Isaacs has given much thought to the evolution of legal services over his 30-plus year career in the industry, both in legal operations and as an attorney acting as both outside and in-house counsel. I recently had the opportunity to catch up with him on his career and his decision to join KPMG LLP as Director, Global Legal Managed Services. Click here to read more.
Converging External Counsel Leading Practices in Selecting Implementing and Managing Value Driven Preferred Network
This Leading Practices Profile presents themes, trends and leading convergence practices of six legal departments and three law firms in selecting and managing preferred outside counsel networks as value partners.
Learn key US data regarding how companies approach the challenge of adapting to and complying with the evolving privacy landscape, in this survey report by Womble Bond Dickinson.
This is a sample code of business conduct and ethics policy.
Study in understanding how companies are preparing for the launch of the UPC (Unified Patent Court) and its affects on businesses operating in Europe that needs to protect its technology.
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