On April 28, 2020, Quality Brands Protection Committee of China Association of Enterprises with Foreign Investment （’QBPC”）releases the Results of 2019-2020 Annual Top Ten Cases in IP Protection and Model Cases Bridging Administrative and Judicial IP Enforcement.
The candidate cases are divided into three major categories: criminal cases, non-criminal cases and model cases that bridges administrative and judicial IP enforcement. These cases are independently nominated by member companies and voted by eligible voters from member companies. After a fair, just and open selection, 24 cases were elected as QBPC 2019-2020 Annual Top Ten Cases in IP Protection and Model Cases Bridging Administrative and Judicial IP Enforcement this year. Since 2002, QBPC has been undertaking the selection of “Top Ten Practice Cases” annually, which has received increasing attention both at home and abroad. QBPC annual Top Ten Case selection have become a window and a platform for the international community，foreign goverments and private institutions to understand the development of intellectual property protection in China from an objective point of view.
Please find the list of winning cases:
Criminal Case
| Criminal Case-11 |
L Brands Inc., Estee Lauder Cosmetics Ltd. Inc., SHISEIDO CHINA CO., LTD |
Zhang Wei and Zhang Xiaowei Counterfeiting Goods with Registered Trademarks in Lanxi City, Zhejiang Province |
| Criminal Case-1 | ABB | Refurbished ABB Breakers by Zhu et al. Found Counterfeiting |
| Criminal Case-21 | Treasury Wine Estates (TWE) | Yantai Longkou Cluster Battle (the 11.27 case of producing and selling counterfeiting wines in Yantai, Shandong |
| Criminal Case-5 | Eaton Corporation | Ye Peiwei Counterfeiting Registered Trademark Criminal Case |
| Criminal Case-18 |
Sanofi (China) Investment Co., Ltd., Novo Nordisk (China) Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Bayer Healthcare Co., Ltd., AstraZeneca Investment (China) Co., Ltd., Pfizer Investment Co., Ltd. |
Criminal Incidental Civil Public Interest Litigation Case Concerning the Sale of Counterfeit Drugs by Zhu and Others |
| Criminal Case-19 | S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc. | Criminal Retrial of the Case about Mr. Wang Youyuan Infringing KIWI Trademark |
| Criminal Case-2 | BURBERRY LIMITED | Criminal Case of Copyright Infringement and Selling Goods with Counterfeit Registered Trademark against Two Individual Criminals in Guangzhou |
| Criminal Case-13 | LOUIS VUITTON MALLETIER | LARGE CROSS-BORDER ONLINE SALES COUNTERFEIT GOODS |
| Criminal Case-20 | Schneider Electric (China) Co., Ltd. | Tang Fenghua, Li Shaowu and Wu Baixuan sale counterfeit "  "registered trademark products |
| Criminal Case-4 | Corteva Agriscience (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. | Corn Seed Illegal Management Case in Qinyang City, Henan Province |
Non-Criminal Case
| Non-Criminal Case-35 | L Brands Inc. |
Xu Lili Infringing the Exclusive Right of Registered Trademarks of L brands Inc. and the Use of False Manufacturer’s Name and Address |
| Non-Criminal Case-29 | Eaton Corporation | Wenzhou Tuoken, Peng Li Trademark Infringement Case |
| Non-Criminal Case-34 | Honeywell |
Lawsuit of Honeywell vs. Shanghai Renywell Measurement Technology Co., Ltd., Shanghai Renywell Technology Co., Ltd. and Hangzhou Ruxing Automatic Control Equipment Co., Ltd. for Trademark Infringement and Unfair Competition |
| Non-Criminal Case-45 | Treasury Wine Estates (TWE) | Southcorp Brands Pty Limited v. Huai’an Huaxiazhuangyuan Vintage Co., Ltd., Hangzhou Zhengsheng Trade Co., Ltd. |
| Non-Criminal Case-38 | New Balance | Administrative Retrial Decision on Qierte’s N Mark Made by the Supreme People’s Court |
| Non-Criminal Case-39 | New Balance | Appeal of Administrative Litigation regarding New Balance’s Invalidation Request against Trademark No. 3954764 Registered by New Barlun |
| Non-Criminal Case-40 | Nike Innovate, C.V | Nike Innovate C. V. VS Baiyanwang (Fujian) Sports Goods Co., LTD. Trademark Infringement Case |
| Non-Criminal Case-44 | Siemens | Dispute over five persons (including Hainan Ximenzi Century Electric Appliance Co., Ltd., and Ding) infringement upon enterprise name rights and unfair competition |
| Non-Criminal Case-33 | Honda Motor Co., LTD. | Trademark infringement between Honda Motor Co., LTD. and Chongqing Hengsheng Xintai Trading Co., Ltd. and Chongqing Hengsheng Group Co., Ltd. |
| Non-Criminal Case-36 | LEGO Toy (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. | LEGO A/S v. Shantou Meizhi Model Co., Ltd et. al. (four defendants) copyright infringement civil actions concerning production and sales of “LEPIN” blocks |
Five Model Cases
| Five Model Cases-46 | 3M Company | Counterfeiting registered trademarks, producing and selling fake or inferior products by Fu et al. |
| Five Model Cases-48 | L Brands Inc. | Changshu Qianyang Home Textile Company Counterfeiting Goods with Registered Trademarks |
| Five Model Cases-47 | Johnson & Johnson (China) Investment Ltd., L’Oréal (China) Co., Ltd., Estee Lauder Cosmetics Ltd. Inc | Ms. Yang et al. manufacturing and selling commodities with counterfeit registered trademarks in Zhuji City, Zhejiang Province |
| Five Model Cases-49 | Unilever (China) Investment Co., Ltd. | Ms. He in Anhui Province Manufacturing and Selling Counterfeit Unilever Products |
Starting from May, QBPC will launch a series of articles and online lectures to discuss the selected cases in detail. In November this year, QBPC will conduct 2019-2020 QBPC Annual Top Ten Cases in IP Protection and Model Cases Bridging Administrative and Judicial IP Enforcement Announcement in Beijing.