On 23 May, IP Key China held the Seminar on the Specialised Litigation Procedures for IP Cases in partnership with the Supreme People’s court of China (SPC), bringing together judges from courts in EU Member States and China to exchange practices and experiences. This activity followed the Forum on the Comparative Approach to Judiciary Procedures that took place last September.

The Study on the Impact of the 2019 Amendment of the Chinese Trade Mark Law considers to what extent the newly enacted provisions of the Chinese Trademark Law facilitate or hinder the possibility for rights holders on the ground to uphold their trade mark in the Chinese IP system. The focus of the Study is the impact of the newly enacted provisions on the ability of original brand owners to defend their rights against bad faith trade marks in China.

IP Key Latin America organised a seminar in Quito on 25 May to discuss the current state of plant variety protection in Ecuador, in collaboration with the EU Delegation to Ecuador, the CPVO and SENADI.