Perspective
Dec. 12, 2013
China tackles trademark hijacking
China has finally amended its laws to deter trademark hijacking, with the new law going into effect May 1, 2014. But will it stop trademark squatting? By David Hoffman
We often hear that theft of intellectual property is rampant in China. A typical scenario is that an American company which has been selling a product in the U.S. starts to sell in China and finds that an unknown person or company has registered the mark in China already. The Chinese registrant is willing, of course, to sell the registration to the American company for the right price. Just ask J. Crew and the Kardashian sisters.
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