--FILE--Vista di un negozio di Pechino Daoxiangcun Foodstaff Co., Ltd a Pechino in Cina, 28 luglio 2017. Una controversia legale tra due società cinesi uovere
--FILE--View of a store of Beijing Daoxiangcun Foodstaff Co., Ltd in Beijing, China, 28 July 2017. A legal dispute between two Chinese companies over a trademark for traditional pastries has drawn wide domestic attention and shed light on both the improvements and loopholes in the country's intellectual property protection (IPR) laws and regulations. Though China has intensified efforts in IPR in recent years and awareness has been rising, the case surrounding the use of the Daoxiangcun trademark, which resulted in two opposite rulings from two courts, shows that there is still much to improve in terms of laws and regulations as well as their implementation, a legal analyst noted. The multi-year court fight between Beijing Daoxiangcun Foodstuff Co and Suzhou Daoxiangcun Food Industry Co gained renewed attention last week after a court in Suzhou, East China's Jiangsu Province, where Suzhou Daoxiangcun is based, ruled in favor of the latter, in stark contrast to an earlier ruling by a court in Beijing.
