Charles Feng spoke at Berkeley on TM Law Revision
At the invitation of the University of California, Berkeley, Tahota lawyer Mr. Charles Feng shared his latest opinions and proposals on the Draft Amendment to the Trademark Law of the People’s Republic of China
Recently, the Berkeley Center for Law&Technology (BCLT) at the University of California Berkeley Law School, hosted an online intellectual property roundtable event on the “Draft Amendment to the Trademark Law of the People Republic of China”, the event was moderated by Mr. Mark A. Cohen, a Senior Fellow at BCLT's Asia IP Project, former counsel at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and Intellectual Property Attaché at the U.S. Embassy in China. Mr. Charles Feng, Senior Partner and Attorney at Law, Director of International Business Department at Tahota, Beijing was invited to attend and gave a special speech on the latest modifications of this Draft Amendment and his proposals.
Mr. Charles Feng made a special lecture on the topic of bad faith application and prohibited repeated application, and focused on explaining the latest revised provisions. In the bad faith application part, Mr. Charles Feng pointed out that the Draft Amendment had clarified the circumstances of bad faith applications. On this basis, Mr. Charles Feng extended the discussion on the background and reasons for the amendment of invalidation on relative grounds stipulated in the Draft Amendment, analyzed and commented on the background of domestic and international legislation and practice on compulsory transfer of trademarks. Mr. Charles Feng also commented on the administrative penalties and judicial compensation system for bad faith trademark applications in the said Draft Amendment. In the part of prohibited repeated application, Mr. Charles Feng gave an in-depth explanation on the prohibition of repeated applications and the exceptions. Lawyers from China and the United States expressed their views on the relevant contents and had a lively discussion.
After the event, the participants actively interacted and exchanged views with Mr. Charles Feng, who answered and solved the questions raised by the participants one by one. The roundtable discussion was highly praised by all the participants.
馮弁護士は悪意のある商標登録出願、繰り返し登録出願をめぐって詳しく説明した。悪意のある商標登録出願について、馮弁護士は、意見募集稿が悪意のある商標登録出願の状況を明らかにしたと指摘した。その上で、馮弁護士は意見募集稿における相対的な理由で無効宣告を提起することについて改正の背景と理由を説明し、商標強制移転の国内外の立法と実践の背景について分析と評論を行った。馮弁護士はさらに、意見募集稿における悪意のある商標登録出願に関する行政処罰方法及び司法賠償制度についてコメントした。繰り返し登録出願の部分は、馮弁護士は繰り返し登録出願の禁止及びその例外的な状況について深く解読した。
会議中、中米両国の法律事務所の弁護士代表が関連内容について意見を発表し、活発なディスカッションを行った。講演が終了した後、参加者は積極的に馮弁護士と交流し、馮弁護士は、関連する質問に的確に解答し、参加者から高い評価を受けた。