This book aims to challenge the criticism in the US that the extensive promulgation of IP laws in China,especially those aimed at protecting well-known trademarks,are inadequate.To achieve this aim,this book will carry out the legal analysis through scrutinizing the evolution of well-known trademark protection in China from the 1990s,and discuss the following four questions in four chapters respectively:
1)How has the frequent reconceptualization of a well-known trademark between 1996 and 2013 affected the protection of well-known trademarks in China?
2)How have certain rules regarding the recognition and protection of well-known trademarks,such as the model and fundamental principles of the recognition/protection,protectable subject,examination factors and financial remedies been formulated,and what are their impacts on well-known trademark protection in China?
3)How have certain issues which all originate from the misunderstanding of the conceptual meaning of a well-known trademark in China,such as malicious litigation,misuse of the title of ‘well-known trademark'in advertisements and the misrepresentation of well-known trademark as quality assurance,affected well-known trademark protection in China?
4)How has the deployment of dedicated IP courts played an active role in promoting the recognition and protection of well-known trademarks in China?