The China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) strengthens the protection of intellectual property rights at the source, improves the quality and efficiency of trademark examination, and creates a clean environment for trademark registration and a fair and competitive market order. Recently, 2024 top ten typical opposition and review cases have been selected, namely:

1. Opposition against trademark No. 70283061 "L'OIE DES LANDES", which granted equal protection for foreign geographical indications, to create a good business environment.

2. Opposition against trademark No. 59554235 "Apollo", which vigorously protected the innovation achievements of the leading enterprises in the intelligent driving industry and provided useful reference for the protection of intellectual property rights in the field of emerging technologies.

3. Opposition against trademark No. 71344960 "Taihang Spring City", which strongly regulated the behaviour of pre-emptively registering city brand names and provided solid legal protection for the innovative development of city brands.

4. Opposition against trademark No. 71667779 "Guan Huai", which stopped the act of pre-emptively registering the name of news app and helped the healthy development of the governmental new media platform.

5. Opposition against trademark No. 69778265 "Xiaofang Kiln", which stopped market confusion and promoted the inheritance and development of excellent traditional Chinese culture.

6. Review of refusal for the trademark No. 74447834 "BRTV Beijing Time", which took into full consideration of the actual use of the trademark, reflected the protection and support for media brands, and played a positive role in promoting the healthy development of China's media industry.

7. Invalidation against trademark No. 42820164 "Device", which effectively balanced the protection of intellectual property rights and public interests through multi-dimensional application of laws, and helped to maintain the innovative utilization of cultural heritage and the order of trademark registration.

8. Invalidation against trademark No. 8223462 "Childhood Time", which effectively combated malicious trademark registration filed by the representative, clarified the attribution of trademark rights, and safeguarded the market order and consumers' interests.

9. Invalidation against trademark No. 48678713 "Lantian Boke", the case adopted new evidence and confirmed the trademark right holder by combining the consent of the company shareholders with the actual use of the trademark by the parties concerned, and realized the unity of flexibility and principles in the application of the laws.

10. Invalidation against trademark No. 38247153 "CVF and Device", which was not confined to the similarity of the list of goods and services, protected the famous commercial symbols in the field of agriculture across different classes, effectively curbed the behaviour of free-riding on other parties' business reputation, and assisted in the high-quality development of China's agriculture.

Source: CNIPA official website
https://sbj.cnipa.gov.cn/sbj/ssbj_gzdt/202505/t20250516_35581.html (Chinese)