Copy
The LEHMAN, Lee & Xu China Trademarks Newsletter keeps you up to date on recent developments in
China Trademark law and practice
China Approves First Sound Trademark for Foreign Applicant
On August 21st, 2016, the China Trademark Office approved the use of sound trademark “SOFY” for commodities such as sanitary napkins for the Japanese company Unicharm, Co., Ltd.  This is first sound trademark registered by a foreign applicant in China.
The China Trademark Office started to receive applications for registration of sound trademarks from May 1 2014 with the enactment of the New Trademark Law. 400 applications have been made, while only 3 are approved so far.
Under Chinese law, an applicant must submit a sample of the sound which is seeks to trademark, along with the regular application documentation. The application must also include a description of how the sound would be used. Standard musical notation should be included where applicable.
As Always with China Trademarks, Sound Trademarks are approved on a "First-to-File" system, regardless of prior use. If you are a foreign company which uses a distinctive sound in your television or radio advertisement, you need to be registering your sound Trademark in China. Now. If you wait till there's a problem, its already too late. 
News of the Firm
Edward Lehman, Managing Director of Lehman, Lee & Xu China and Mongolia selected by Acquisition International Magazine for their 2016 Legal Awards winners’ supplement as Best in Corporate & Commercial Law in China and also as Recognized Leader in Foreign Law in China .

Acquisition International is a digital magazine dedicated to corporate finance for CEOs and other high-level decision makers.
Since 2010, their annual awards have been highlighting the amazing work done by those firms and individuals whose ceaseless dedication to innovation, customer care and the continued growth and improvement of their business has seen them forge ahead of their competitors and raise the bar for performance and results in their industry.
These legal awards in particular are given to commend outstanding people as key figures who have, through the quality services they provide and their commitment to moving the sector forward, established themselves as thought leaders and assumed their position at the head of the legal pack.
Mr. Lehman's strong record of professionalism, promotion of international standards in the legal profession played an important role in its selection. The firm is dedicated to professional services at a high level of legal and professional ethics and compliance.

We would like to thank Acquisition International Magazine and clients, peers and fellow professionals also the clients, peers and fellow professionals who voted him for recognizing Mr. Lehman’s work and dedication.

Share
Tweet
Share
+1
Follow US! 
              

Add us on WeChat!
This document has been created for educational purposes for clients, potential clients and referrers of services to LEHMAN, LEE & XU, and to alert readers to the services provided by LEHMAN, LEE & XU. It is not intended to serve as definitive professional or legal advice, and should not be relied upon as such. LEHMAN, LEE & XU does not endorse any personal opinions which may be contained herein.

You may share this document with your friends or colleagues, either by forwarding the e-mail edition to them (provided that the contents of the e-mail edition, including all notices, are preserved in their entirety), or by directing them to the online edition here. You may use short excerpts from this document in your own work (provided that each such excerpt shall not exceed three sentences in length; no more than twenty percent of this document, by word length, may be excerpted; no more than twenty percent of your work, by word length, may consist of such excerpts; each such excerpt shall be attributed to LEHMAN, LEE & XU, with such attribution to include the Internet address of the & XU). All other rights reserved.

For more information regarding accounting, taxation, and audit services in China please email LehmanBrown International Accountants at mail@lehmanbrowninternational.com or visit our website at www.lehmanbrowninternational.com.
 
Office Address:  
10-2 Liangmaqiao Diplomatic Compound
No.22 Dongfang East Road Chaoyang District
Beijing 100600 China
Tel: (86)(10) 8532-1919
Fax: (86)(10) 8532-1999

Proud Member of:
Copyright © 2016 Lehman, Lee & Xu, All rights reserved.
You are receiving this email because you signed up to receive China Trademarks Law and Practice news at www.lehmanlaw.com, or via social media.

Our mailing address is:
mail@lehmanlaw.com

Want to change how you receive these emails?
You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list

Email Marketing Powered by Mailchimp