19 July 2022TrademarksSarah Speight

Luxury shoe designer wins two-decades-long China dispute

Precedential judgment enables brand to use trademark in China | 'Landmark' case could transform rights of brands under country’s ‘first-to-file’ system | DLA Piper | Simmons & Simmons | Gowling WLG.

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