Amongst the numerous economic questions arose from the Brexit referendum, intellectual property rights is one of the most discussed topics where businesses are uncertain about what specific impact would have on the process of obtaining intellectual protection, particularly patents, in the United Kingdom and countries in the European Union.

For some people, filing an application for registration of trade mark in China may not be an easy task.

First of all, for filing purpose, a power of attorney duly signed by the Applicant along with a copy of identity/business proof signed by the same signatory are required. On many occasions, applicants have used the old version of power of attorney or out of date version of business proof. These would not be accepted by the Chinese Trade Marks Office.