Mr. Wei Qing and Mr. Ning Yue from FAIRSKY LAW OFFICE (China) visited our office today. They provided us with a detailed description of the services their firm offers. We also had an interesting discussion on whether it is important for foreign trademark owners who’s primary trademark is depicted in English (alphabetical) to apply for and maintain a Chinese transliteration mark as well.

Today we had the pleasure of hosting Trademark Attorneys Mr. Luo, Mr. Yin, Mr. Yang, Ms. Du and Ms. Liu from the Hong Kong and Beijing offices of China Patent Agent (H.K.) Ltd. Aside from discussing some pending cases, they also helped us to better understand the ramifications of the new changes to Articles 4 and 44 of the Chinese Trademark Law, as well as the recent High Court ruling in China concerning trademarks and OEMs.

Visit from Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney (U.S.A.) Mr. Bassam Ibrahim from Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney (U.S.A.) was kind enough to visit our firm. He provided us with a detailed presentation of several specific cases that exemplified certain points where U.S. and Japanese Trademark Laws differ. Among these topics were the small but significant details regarding “intent to use” and “non-use cancellation” policies, practices and decisions of the USPTO.

RIN IP Partners were delighted to have Mr. Sherman Kahn and Mr. Jason Bartlett from Mauriel Kapouytian Woods LLP visit our firm today. With offices in New York City and San Francisco, MKW is a prominent technology litigation and prosecution firm. After discussing some pending cases we are working together on, they were kind enough to share with us some of their interesting experiences relating to IP dispute resolutions and litigation.

RIN IP Partners were happy to have Mr. Kohji Suzuki and Ms. Jamie-Lynn Kraft from the Canadian firm Smart & Biggar LLP visit our office. They provided us with a comprehensive and detailed overview of the sweeping changes to Canada’s Trademark Law and CIPO policies that took effect in June of 2019. Of major note was Canada’s joining the Madrid Protocol, as well as the elimination of “use” requirements at the application stage.