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3 January 2022

GossIP – December 2021, HFG Law & Intellectual Property Newsletter

Can you believe that it's already Christmas? And we are out with the last issue of this crazy 2021.
China Intellectual Property

Can you believe that it's already Christmas? And we are out with the last issue of this crazy 2021.

A year that is only the beginning of a more difficult time for the 4 individuals that have been sentenced to jail after counterfeiting the famous Kiwi shoe polish: the almost 100 years old Australian company, that sells its products in 180 countries all around the world, faced a case of trademark infringement in China and won, as you can read in the first article.

Another case of infringement is discussed in the second article: a quite complicated issue of trademark infringement that implies a Geographic Certification for imported Longjing tea, a variety of pan-roasted green tea from the area of Longjing village in Hangzhou city, Zhejiang province, considered one of the top ten most famous tea in China.

Being Longjing Tea a Geographical Indication Mark, the importer TWG has been fined 545,000 RMB for selling it without authorization.

A break with a news about the Revised Standards for Trademark Examination and Trial, and then we talk about a long-lasting war (17 years!) between China and USA on the price of Vitamin C: a case involving antitrust law that finally came to an end, when the court decided the dismissal of the lawsuit.

We close this December GossIP issue with a comment on the recent, very first case held by the Haidian People's Court of Beijing on live-streaming platform TikTok as E-commerce platform.

Many wishes for a very sweet, warm and merry Christmas and a New Year full of joy!

HFG Law&Intellectual Property

GossIP – December 2021, HFG Law & Intellectual Property Newsletter

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