Southern Perspective Shenzhen

I just moved into a new office in Shenzhen and happened across this little gem.  I have driven past this place a couple times. I never realized what this place was  or rather wasn’t.
It is called St. Mars, but quite similar to the more famous coffee shop Starbucks.  The resemblance is rather close. Same colors, [...]

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I remember when I first came to China and I was amazed by the Luohu train station in Shenzhen. It is was (and still is ) a Mecca for copy brand products. Anything that has brand visibility, is copied and sold. Those of you that had been here know this to be true. It is [...]

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In the case below we can see a direct application of good faith, bad faith principles and how the court uses them. This case includes trademark infringement and a famous brand of dumplings, Gou Bu Li. （狗不理）
I will run over the basic facts of the case. There are two companies that use the same characters, [...]

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