🇨🇳 China IP Update: CNIPA tightens rules for 3-year non-use trademark cancellations! 📜⚡
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🇨🇳 China IP Update: CNIPA tightens rules for 3-year non-use trademark cancellations! 📜⚡

Following procedural updates and revised guidelines from the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA), the practice governing 3-year non-use trademark cancellations (“3-year non-use actions”) in Chinese mainland has undergone a significant shift. CNIPA has moved away from routinely issuing preliminary notices of correction, adopting a framework of direct rejections for non-use applications that fail to...

🇨🇳 China IP Landmark: SPC Accepts Trademark Retrial Beyond 6-Month Statutory Limit Based on “New Facts”
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🇨🇳 China IP Landmark: SPC Accepts Trademark Retrial Beyond 6-Month Statutory Limit Based on “New Facts”

A precedent-setting ruling by the Supreme People’s Court (SPC) of China has redefined procedural litigation strategy for foreign and domestic brand owners operating in mainland China. Following a multi-year, multi-stage administrative dispute—involving initial rejection reviews by the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) and adverse judgments from both the Beijing IP Court and the Beijing...

🇨🇳🇸🇬 China-Singapore IP Exchange: IPOS & Chongqing Association strengthen cross-border brand protection! 📜⚡
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🇨🇳🇸🇬 China-Singapore IP Exchange: IPOS & Chongqing Association strengthen cross-border brand protection! 📜⚡

On May 21, 2026, a delegation from the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS), led by Assistant Director Cao Xinghai, visited the Chongqing Trademark and Brand Association to convene the China-Singapore Intellectual Property (Chongqing) Industry Exchange Symposium. The bilateral session convened key stakeholders from both jurisdictions to address cross-border trademark prosecution, agency collaboration mechanisms, geographical...