Recently, there have been further developments in the case in which the “piano prince” Li Yundi, former winner of the Chopin international piano competition, applied for the cancellation of a trademark registered by Shenzhen Futian Yundi Piano Shop, which the Trademark Review and Adjudication Board (TRAB) of the Trademark Office of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce has reheard.

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Run Ming Law Office
In 2005, Li retained an intellectual property agency to oppose and have the piano shop’s Yundi trademark cancelled. In 2009, TRAB ruled that the grounds for the opposition were untenable and upheld the trademark.
Dissatisfied with the ruling, Li retained Run Ming Law Office to institute an administrative action in the First Intermediate People’s Court of Beijing. Following the trial at first instance and appeal, the Beijing Higher People’s Court ultimately quashed the original ruling of TRAB. Recently, TRAB reheard the case and ruled that the piano shop’s trademark harmed Li’s right to his name and should be cancelled.
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Wang Yadong is the executive partner and Lu Lei is an attorney at law of Run Ming Law Office

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