On November 6, the 2024 Shanghai Intellectual Property Law Forum, hosted by Chang Tsi & Partners and organized by its Shanghai office, was successfully held in Shanghai.
Because of the Coronavirus, we have received lot of inquiries and greetings from our clients and associates all over the world. Chang Tsi & Partners all employees deeply appreciate the greetings.
The annual Global IP Awards Ceremony was held by Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) and World Trademark Review (WTR) on January 30th, 2020, and Chang Tsi & Partners was awarded “2020 China Trademark Firm of the Year”.
Recently, the list of “2018-2019 China Trademark Administrative Litigation Agency TOP10” has been jointly published by IPHOUSE, Zhichanli and IPRdaily. Due to its outstanding performance in the IP field and strong growth in business, Chang Tsi & Partners was included in the list. Under the objective and fair principle, the list is decided on the basis of the IPHOUSE database of nearly one million of written orders and judgments on IP cases after strict review and calculation of those enlisted agencies whose cases concerning trademark administrative litigation should be more than 100 in number, as well as consideration of the victory rate, classic cases and clients grading.
On December 25th, Chang Tsi & Partners celebrated Christmas in Beijing headquarters together with Shanghai, Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Nanning offices, and prepared a luncheon for all the colleagues. The firm took this opportunity to thank for the trust and support from clients, and the dedication and contribution of every of its members.
On December 23rd, 2019, Asian Legal Business (ALB) published the list of 2019 China Top 15 IP Lawyers. The list was decided by ALB in consideration of firm recommendations, lawyer achievements, practice features, client comments and other aspects.
On December 5th, 2019, Chambers and Partners published 2020 Asia-Pacific Guide. Founded in 1969, the agency is globally accepted as one of the international authorities on legal rating.
Asialaw Profiles, an internationally renowned legal rating agency, has recently published the lists of Chinese law firm recommendations and the leading individuals 2020.
On September 27, 2019, the Government of Malaysia deposited its instrument of accession to the Madrid Protocol with WIPO’s Director General, making Malaysia the 106th member of the Madrid System, which now covers 122 countries. The Protocol will enter into force for Malaysia on December 27th, 2019.
On the eve of the European International Trademark Conference MARQUES, Simon Tsi, the managing partner of Chang Tsi & Partners, and founding partner Spring Chang, arrived in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on September 5, 2019. A two-day visit and study was conducted with law firms in Argentina.
On August 30, 2019, Chang Tsi & Partners and its software partner, China Great Wall Technology Group, celebrated the launch of a new office management system at the firm’s Beijing office.
China currently does not have specific requirements to determine whether a trademark can be recognized as well-known. Obtaining well-known trademark recognition is reasonably difficult. This article will use one of our clients, Skechers, as an example to discuss the challenges and benefits of obtaining well-known trademark recognition in China.
