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Company S applied for trademark registration with the combination of the Chinese character “没事儿” and a circular pattern. The Trademark Review and Adjudication Board (“TRAB”) rejected the application. Company S applied for a review with the reason that the sign had certain originality; however, TRAB rejected Company S’s application for the review in accordance with item 3, paragraph 1 of Article 11 of the “Trademark Law”, which says the sign is lack of distinctiveness. Company S filed a lawsuit against TRAB later then, after the first and second instance, Beijing High People’s Court rejected Company S’s claim. (See (2016) Jing…

During the employment, Shen obtained 2 professional qualification certificates (“PQCs”), which are the ISO9000 Quality System Chief Auditor and the Chief Auditor. Because the company undertook the relevant training expenses, PQCs were kept by the company. Shen resigned his position, and required the company to return PQCs, but the company refused. Shen brought the dispute to the labor arbitration committee, after the first and second instance, the court ordered the company to return PQCs. Unexpectedly, the company denied that it had kept PQCs. The judgment could not be enforced. Shen filed a lawsuit against the company again, and claimed a…

Are you confused with the title? If a party leases a warehouse for storage, the two contracts shall state the same thing, and there shall be no difference. However, from the perspective of the nature of a contract, the two contracts have huge differences on the rights and responsibilities, consequences of breach of contract, and the way to defense when there is a dispute. In the “Contract Law”, Chapter 13 stipulates relevant articles on a lease contract, and Chapter 20 stipulates relevant articles on a warehousing contract. A lease contract requires a lessor delivers the warehouse to the lessee who…

Company A dissolved the labor contract with Ding, with the reason that Ding had severely violated the “Administrative Measures on Labor Discipline of Company A”, due to Ding’s habitual absenteeism. Ding filed a labor arbitration against Company A. Ding stated that Company A released the internal rules on its official website, the reader had to click the link and download the document, so this was not the way to announce as required by relevant laws. The labor arbitration committee supported Ding’s claim, but both the courts of the first-instance and second-instance rejected Ding’s claim. The “Labor Contract Law” prescribes that…

A Canadian Mr. D was hired by Company W as its General Manager. Both parties signed a labor contract. Later, Company W dissolved the contract. Mr. D filed a lawsuit against Company W and claimed for the economic compensation. The case was reviewed by the first and second trials. Finally, the Guangdong Provincial High People’s Court reheard the case, and determined that the contact was invalid, which means Company W did not have to pay the economic compensation. (The plot has been simplified, for details, please find (2018) Yue Gao Fa Shen Jian Min Ti Zi No.63) Article 7 of…

If you type “金夫人” on the search engine Baidu, the first three links show “金夫人GOLDEN LADY” and relevant pictures; the official website of the trademark right owner Company J and its relevant information; and the promotion information with the words as “南京婚纱摄影领军品牌M公司”. Company J filed a lawsuit against Company M and Baidu by claiming that both parties had jointly infringed its trademark right and constituted false propaganda. The similar cases are not rare. More and more companies are using internet for promotion. In order to attract attention, some companies tried to stick a “tag” by using other party’s trademark. If…