The Comprehensive Revision of China’s Trade Mark Law (2026), with a focus on Bad Faith and Invalidation for Non-Use

Name: The Comprehensive Revision of China’s Trade Mark Law (2026), with a focus on Bad Faith and Invalidation for Non-Use
Start: 2026-11-26
End: 2026-11-26

Speaker(s):

Prof. Xuelong PENG, Director of the Intellectual Property Research Center at Zhongnan University of Economics and Law (ZUEL)

Series:

OIPRC Invited Speaker Series

Associated with:

Oxford Intellectual Property Research Centre

About the event

Event date:

26 November 2026

Event time:

13:00 - 15:00

Oxford week:

MT 7

Audience:

Anyone

Venue:

Julia Mann Room, St Hilda's College

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The presentation will provide an overview of the latest legislative reforms to Chinese trade mark law in 2026, including the expansion of registrable subject matter, expanding the scope of prohibited marks, strengthening the grounds for cancellation of marks and upgrading well known mark protection.

Prof. Peng will focus in greater depth on the regulation of trade mark registrations with no intention to use the mark and bad faith as a ground for refusal or invalidation.