What really happens on the way abroad: squatting, refusals, the wrong classes, thin evidence. We write it down so the next company avoids the same pitfall. Our events and policy updates appear here too.
Articles renumbered throughout and the opposition period cut from 3 months to 2. What you need to change and what you don't—checked article by article against the official text.
Read more ›If you come from a use-based jurisdiction, “we used it first” sounds like “it's ours.” China's register does not see it that way.
Read more ›China's accession to the Convention in 2023 made every legal newsletter, but for trademark filings it changed nothing.
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An in-person session for corporate IP and R&D leads at Building C10, Software Park Phase III, Xiamen. Speaker: Huang Changqing, Operations and Brand Director. Notes and photos will be posted here once ready.
Company news and policy briefs will be added over time; for in-depth analysis of policy changes, see the 2027 Trademark Law special report.
