Advocacy Actions
Meeting with the EU Ambassador Hans-Dietmar Schweisgut - EU-China Summit updates
Members of the Advisory Council and Members of the Shanghai Board met with the EU Ambassador Hans-Dietmar Schweisgut, Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the People's Republic of China and Mongolia.
Meeting with Official of Shanghai Intellectual Property Administration on EU SME IPR Helpdesk Event Cooperation
Meeting with Official of Shanghai Intellectual Property Administration on EU SME IPR Helpdesk Event Cooperation
Read moreShanghai University of Finance and Economics Forum on Shanghai FTZ
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics Forum on Shanghai FTZ
Read moreSpeaking opportunity at the EU-China Business Summit and participation at CEO Lunch
President Joerg Wuttke delivered a speech at the business leaders’ plenary session of the EU-China Business Summit which took place in Brussels on the 29th June, 2015.
Read moreSpeaking opportunity at the 2nd Innovation Cooperation Dialogue
Mr. Bruno Gensburger, State Representative at ExCo delivered a speech during the 2nd Innovation Cooperation under the session on innovation framework conditions.
Read moreSecretary General of Chamber of Commerce for Hangzhou Enterprises Visits Shanghai Chapter
Secretary General of Chamber of Commerce for Hangzhou Enterprises Visits European Chamber Shanghai Chapter
Read moreAnhui Provincial Trade and Investment Cooperation Symposium
Anhui Provincial Trade and Investment Cooperation Symposium
Read more中国欧盟商会关于《政府核准和备案投资项目管理条例》（征求意见稿）》反馈意见
European Chamber Comments on Regulation on Government Approval and Filing of Investment Projects (Draft for Comments)
Read moreMeeting with Shanghai DRC on Impact of Economic Slowdown on Trade
Meeting with Shanghai DRC on Impact of Economic Slowdown on Trade
Read moreCTMO Lobby letter on Acceptance of Non-English Characters
"The trade mark application form requires an applicant to complete its name and address in Chinese and English characters. Over the years, the requirement to use English characters has not been strictly enforced such that German, French, Danish etc. characters (e.g. “β”, “ö”, “ǽ”, “ø”) have been accepted and appear on the Office's online database and on registration certificates.
Without prior notification, the Office is now strictly enforcing the requirement to only use English characters. Thus, applications containing non-English characters in the applicant's name and address are being rejected. To confound matters, the International Registration Department is simply deleting the umlauts, which unfortunately can make trade mark unenforceable as many European authorities will refuse to notarise a power of attorney where there are differences in the required signatory is a "Mr. Moller" rather than the "Mr. Möller" or "Mr. Moeller" standing before them, who may be the actual owner of the mark in question."