Ms. Qui Geng, trademark attorney and partner at Linda Lui & Partners (Shanghai) visited us today and shared with us her thoughts on the fine points of the 5th Revision to the Chinese Trademark Law that is currently under deliberation. She also shared with us some of the more unconventional and innovative steps that can be taken in China to improve the chances of registration as well as the benefits and challenges involved. Ms. Geng also gave us some interesting and valuable insight on steps being taken and considered by the TMO with respect to applications filed by third parties in bad faith. She mentioned that the number of Chinese companies interested in filing in Japan has increased considerably, so we took this opportunity to provide our insight on things to keep in mind when filing applications with the JPO. The small discrepancies between our two country’s systems and the relative work-arounds were interesting to discuss.