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- 2025-10-17
- Trade Name vs. Trademark: Can Using Your Own Company Name Infringe a Trademark?
- "It's my company name, why can't I use it?" This was the frustrated and confused reaction of Mr. Wang, owner of "Shanghai XX Technology Co., Ltd.", after receiving a cease-and-desist letter. He had us...

- 2025-09-28
- Disclaimer of Exclusive Rights – Understanding the Common Challenges in International Trademark Registration from a Cambodia Rejection Case
- A recent inquiry from an enterprise reported that after submitting a trademark application in Cambodia, they received an office action requiring them to disclaim exclusive rights to two letters and the Chinese characters within their tra...

- 2025-09-25
- U.S. Design Patents: How to Simultaneously Protect the Overall Product and Its Specific Parts?
- During the design patent application process, companies often face a practical dilemma: they wish to protect the overall appearance of a product, yet also worry that competitors might easily circumvent protection for their core, partial in...

- 2025-09-08
- Effective Response Strategies under Article 26.3 of the Patent Law: A Practical Case Study
- Article 26(3) of the Patent Law of the People's Republic of China requires that the specification disclose the invention in a manner that is sufficiently clear and complete for a person skilled in the art to carry it out. Failure...

- 2025-09-02
- Understanding the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH): A Quick Guide for Global Innovators
- The Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) is a collaborative initiative among global patent offices that allows applicants to leverage positive examination results from an earlier application to expedite the review of corresponding patent...

- 2025-08-29
- A Brief Analysis on Patent Drafting: Technical Problems Should Not Include Technical Means
- What Constitutes a "Technical Problem"?A "technical problem" should refer to an objective technical difficulty or need that an invention aims to resolve, rather than the specific method of solving it. For example, ...
