CHINA
May 17, 2016
On March 24th, the Chinese Trademark Office announced the introduction of new measures to facilitate the prosecution of trademarks.
Some of the measures include (i) the possibility to request the expedition of some administrative procedures in case of emergency (for instance trademark assignment and renewal), (ii) the inclusion of more explanatory content in office actions to help applicants in making amendments, (iii) the possibility to share evidence in multiple connected oppositions or (iv) the extension of the scope of combined examinations on oppositions if the parties involved, marks opposed and the evidence are the same.