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- 2025-03-28
- Xiaomi's Trademark Squatting Crisis: Legal Risks and Proactive Brand Defense Strategies
- BackgroundFollowing China’s high-profile 2025 3·15 Gala exposé on substandard sanitary products, Xiaomi’s founder Lei Jun faced a viral social media campaign urging the tech giant to enter the hygiene market. Opportunists swiftl...

- 2025-03-28
- U.S. Trademark Compliance Developments Highlight Regulatory Challenges for Global Sellers: An Objective Analysis of Legal Frameworks and Risk Mitigation Strategies
- In late February 2025, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced enforcement actions against non-compliant trademark registrations involving cross-border entities, initiating re-examinations of approximatel...

- 2025-03-21
- From Technical Disclosure to Patent Drafting: A Practical Guide to Efficiently Transforming Innovations
- Case BackgroundIn patent prosecution, converting an inventor's technical disclosure into a legally compliant, robust patent application is a core skill for agents. Using a case study on a "Bolt Through-Hole Rate Calculatio...

- 2025-03-17
- Patent Authorization Journey of "Method and System for Evaluating Vehicle Re-acceleration Performance": Strategies for Addressing Three Examination Opinions
- In the patent application process, particularly for complex inventions, effectively responding to examination opinions is a critical skill for applicants and agents. This article uses the case study of the invention patent "Method a...

- 2025-03-14
- Success Story: How Strategic Legal Insight Saved a Reserved Trademark
- Amid growing emphasis on trademark protection, enterprises must strategically manage trademark portfolios to avoid revocation risks. WEIPR recently assisted an automotive client in retaining a reserved trademark by demonstrating "...

- 2025-02-21
- Strategies for AI Patent Drafting: Avoiding Non-Patentable Subject Matter Risks
- In patent cases related to the AI field, the compliance of inventions with the requirements for patent protection in China, particularly regarding what constitutes a patentable subject matter, largely depends on the drafting skills and ...
