Qiaodan Sports, a Chinese sportswear company, recently lost three of its registered trademark in a lawsuit against American famous basketball star Michael Jordan. The three revoked trademarks are demonstrated as “乔丹”, literally using Jordan’s Chinese name in Chinese characters, covering a wide range of products such as sports clothing, beverages and even Christmas tree decorations. …
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Alibaba Group: The Impact of GDPR on China’s Enterprises
The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is coming into effect on May 25th, 2018. The Regulation will supersede the Directive 95/46/EC. It aims to unify the EU data protection legislations and strengthen EU’s data protection to meet the new privacy challenges brought by the development of digital technologies. GDPR will have significant impact on …
Mismanagement at football club ADO The Hague
On the basis of the conflict between United Vansen International Sports Co. Ltd and soccer club ADO The Hague, we will take a closer look at the Dutch so-called survey procedure at the Enterprise Division of the Amsterdam Court of Appeal and the court’s ruling in this case. On Thursday the 15th of December 2016, …
Back to a very sharp case
In short – First geographical indication for a manufactured product: the consequences of the Laguiole case Since the new consumers law was adopted on March 17th, 2014, and its application decree, n°2015-595, was published on June 2nd, 2015, it is possible to protect manufactured products with a geographical indication, title which was until now only …
IP-intensive industries and the economy of the European Union
Intellectual Property intensive industries in the European Union are well alive and have a growing importance for the economy. This is the general conclusion of a report written by the EUIPO (European Union Intellectual Property Office), along with the EPO (European Patent Office), and published in October 2016. This report, based on research and surveys …
Interlocking G’s trademark – Gucci vs. Guess
Gucci vs Guess In its judgement issued on 11th October 2016, the General Court dismissed two appeals brought by the Italian luxury brand Gucci. This case is interesting because it gives us an example of the scope of protection that a registration of letter signs provides.
Good news for the Unified Patent Court Agreement
Today on the 28th of November, the UK government confirmed it will proceed with its preparations to ratify the Unified Patent Court Agreement.
An Update on the Chinese Foreign Direct Investment Regulations
On September 3rd 2016, the twenty-second meeting of The National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee voted for the decision to amend the law on foreign-funded enterprises (FFE), which consist of domestic wholly foreign owned enterprises and Sino-foreign joint ventures. Features and Impacts of the new regime: The amendments replace the existing the Ministry of Commerce …
Electronic Dance Music in China
Amsterdam Dance Event Panel: “China: A New Electronic Nation?” with Rainbow Gao (The Mansion, CN), Robin Leembruggen (Mad Panda, CN), MIIIA (DJ/Producer, CN), Paul Neuteboom (Modern Sky Entertainment, CN), Spencer Tarring (DJ/founder of Pyro) On the first day of the Amsterdam Dance Event[1] conference held all over Amsterdam last week, a panel moderated by China-based …
Conducting Transactions with Americans: A Few Regulatory Obstacles of Concern
After taking a hit through the financial crisis, the global M&A activity has been experiencing a consistent growth during the past five years. With 2015 being a record year marked with exceptionally large transactions, the market seems to be continuously confident. Activists nowadays are relying more and more on cross-border transactions as a source of value …