Organisation: State Administration for Market Regulation (China)

While new SAMR measures now provide a clear framework for handling corporate name disputes and specify some punitive measures, they only address conflicts between corporate names – not increasingly prevalent disputes between these and prior trademarks.

20 September 2023

A proposal that heavily targets SEP holders may be adjusted to reflect an increasing licensor focus if there is enough criticism, local experts say

16 June 2023

Possibility of a more comprehensive protection system across China comes with doubts about effectiveness of administrative enforcement

22 December 2022