Bad-faith filing in China - An examination of China’s legislation and enforcement on bad-faith trademark filings
Bad-faith filing is a common misconduct where an infringer registers a trademark that is identical or confusingly similar to another trademark or to someone’s prior rights in order to prevent the trademark from entering the market or to gain profit by taking advantage of the brands existing reputation and business strategy. As an infringed party may only attain damages where bad faith can establis