Trademarks, Exports

Rap Music and Cognac: The Federal Circuit Considers if the Mix is Strong Enough to Protect Cognac as a Geographic Indicator

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 7/22/2024

In March 2019, Cologne & Cognac Entertainment of New Jersey filed a trademark application at the USPTO for recordings featuring music and artistic performances, music composition services, production of musical videos in the...more

How Do Trademark Registrants for OEM Production Respond to Cancellation based on Non-use for 3 Consecutive Years?

Linda Liu & Partners on 4/26/2024

In recent years, the number of cancellations based on non-use of trademarks for 3 consecutive years has increased year by year. When submitting use evidence to the CNIPA in response to the cancellation, there is a situation...more

Implementation Issues Arise Following Mexico’s Customs Agency Reorganization Under Military Authority

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 9/13/2022

Key Points - On January 1, 2022, Mexico eliminated its General Customs Administration (AGA, by its initials in Spanish), which had operated under the authority of Mexico’s central Tax Administration Service. In its place,...more

Trademark infringement issues in OEM manufacturing in China

Linda Liu & Partners on 8/12/2022

With the rapid development of international trade, the use of trademarks in OEM (original equipment manufacturing) often becomes a headache for both local and foreign OEM parties. Among them, the most concerned issue is the...more

The Long Arm of American Enforcement: How Companies Without U.S. Operations Can Still Find Themselves Facing U.S. Law and...

Foley & Lardner LLP on 6/2/2020

...Think your company and its employees are beyond the reach of U.S. authorities? Maybe you don’t have U.S. operations there, or your company isn’t publicly traded on a U.S. stock exchange. Perhaps you don’t directly sell or...more

Global Developments and Considerations for Registering Cannabis and Cannabis-Related Trademarks

Haug Partners LLP on 3/5/2020

This article discusses the global developments for the registration of cannabis and cannabis-related trademarks in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the European Union....more

U.S.-China Trade Deal Shows Potential for Improved U.S. Intellectual Property Rights in China

Ward and Smith, P.A. on 2/15/2020

A result of negotiating techniques from Donald Trump's book "The Art of the Deal" or a result of strategies from the ancient Chinese military strategy treatise "The Art of War"?...more

Client Alert: U.S.-China Trade Deal Promises Better Intellectual Property Protection for U.S. Businesses in China

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP on 2/6/2020

On January 15, 2020, the U.S. and China signed Phase One of the Economic and Trade Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the People’s Republic of China (the “U.S.-China Trade...more

U.S. and China Sign Phase 1 Trade Deal – A Large Purchase Agreement, While Tariffs Remain in Place

Dechert LLP on 1/17/2020

On January 15, 2020, U.S. President Trump and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He signed a Phase 1 trade deal between the countries. The agreement includes a pledge from China to increase its imports of U.S. goods and services by...more

Mexico aims to strengthen and further harmonize its IP law with international standards

Hogan Lovells on 12/6/2019

A new legal framework on intellectual property was presented to Mexican Congress that aims to further harmonize the Mexican Industrial Property Law (“IPL”) with international treaties and so increase IP protection in the...more

USMCA – New Agreement as to The Modernization of NAFTA Comes with Key Changes Regarding U.S. IP Rights

Ladas & Parry LLP on 10/2/2018

Late on September 30, an agreement (USMCA) was reached between the United States, Mexico and Canada which modernizes the 24 year old North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)....more

International Law Bulletin - Vol. 22, No. 8

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP on 9/12/2018

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND TRADE - Agriculture - U.S.: The Administration is seeking authorization to impose about $350 million duties in trade retaliation against Indonesia through the WTO alleging that Indonesia has not...more

Markit to Market - July 2018: Recent Decision in Nike Counterfeiting Case Bad News for Vandelay Industries

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. on 8/7/2018

We jest! Because, of course, Vandelay Industries – famed import/export company referenced by Seinfeld character George Costanza’s (and owned by the multi-talented “Art Vandelay”) -- is fictitious. But for actual...more

MarkIt to Market® - July 2018

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. on 8/1/2018

The July 2018 issue of Sterne Kessler's MarkIt to Market® newsletter discusses how to maintain rights in core trademarks as brands evolve, a reminder regarding importer and exporter liability for shipping counterfeit goods,...more

Has the dust settled on OEM trademark infringement? China’s SPC reaffirms that OEM does not infringe on Chinese trademarks

Hogan Lovells on 4/19/2018

In a recent landmark decision, the Supreme People’s Court (“SPC”) reversed the remarkable appeal decision in the Dongfeng trademark case about Original Equipment Manufacture (“OEM”). The SPC reiterates its view expressed in...more

Food & Beverage Litigation Update | August 2017 #2

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. on 8/14/2017

Chicago SSB Tax May Cause State to Lose Federal Funding, USDA Warns - According to a warning letter from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) tax that took effect in the Chicago...more

China's OEM jurisprudence 1.5 years after the Pretul case: OEM use may still infringe upon Chinese trademarks

Hogan Lovells on 7/17/2017

OEM is a business model whereby a trademark owner orders its products from a manufacturer, often located abroad, who manufactures and supplies products branded with the purchasers marks instead of his own marks. In China,...more

Boletín Mensual de Comercio Internacional: Mayo - Información con énfasis en la Regulación Comercial y de Arbitraje Internacional

Holland & Knight LLP on 6/1/2017

Comercio U.S. Trade Representative - Estados Unidos notificó a su Congreso la intención de iniciar negociaciones con Canadá y México en relación a la modernización del Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte, las...more

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