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    注册商标不使用的正当理由——要达到想用而不能用的标准
    2022-11-28

    近年来,随着我国商标申请量逐年攀升,商标注册难度不断加大,当然市场上也存在大量“闲置”商标,随之连续三年不使用注册商标的撤销案件日益频发。

    《商标法》第四十九条第二款规定:

    “注册商标成为其核定使用的商品的通用名称或者没有正当理由连续三年不使用的,任何单位或者个人可以向商标局申请撤销该注册商标。”

    一般情况下在撤三申请之前会重点关注商标注册人是否在近三年对注册商标进行真实有效的商业使用,而“正当理由”这一例外情形,需依据商标注册人具体情况而定,难以通过前期互联网查询等方式了解。

    何种情况才属于连续三年不使用的“正当理由”呢?

    《商标法实施条例》第六十七条规定:

    “下列情形属于商标法第四十九条规定的正当理由:(一)不可抗力;(二)政府政策性限制;(三)破产清算;(四)其他不可归责于商标注册人的正当事由。”

    最高人民法院2010《关于审理商标授权确权行政案件若干问题的意见》第二十条第三款规定:

    “如果商标权人因不可抗力、政策性限制、破产清算等客观事由,未能实际使用注册商标或者停止使用,或者商标权人有真实使用商标的意图,并且有实际使用的必要准备,但因其他客观事由尚未实际使用注册商标的,均可认定有正当理由。”

    Filed under:
    China, Insolvency & Restructuring, Trademarks, Kangxin Partners PC, Bankruptcy
    Location:
    China
    Firm:
    Kangxin Partners PC
    公司不能偿还债务时,债权人是否可以请求公司股东承担责任?(中国大陆)
    2022-11-29

    在争议解决过程中,债权人可能会面临一些公司法人债务人无法偿还债务的情形。在此情况下,债权人是否可以要求该公司股东一并承担责任呢?这还是要看要求股东承担责任有没有任何合同的依据或法律的依据。

    从合同方面来看,这主要看双方之间的约定,如在合同签署时是否有一并要求股东提供担保或股东是否也是合同的一方,如无相关的约定,则只能看法律方面的依据了。

    从法律方面来看,这主要看两个情形,一,如果该公司股东尚未出资完成的话,债权人是否可以要求该股东针对未出资部分承担责任;二,是否存在可以否认公司人格的情形。

    一、要求未出资完成的股东承担部分责任

    根据《最高人民法院关于适用《中华人民共和国公司法》若干问题的规定(二)》(下称“司法解释二”)第二十二条、《最高人民法院关于适用《中华人民共和国公司法》若干问题的规定(三)》(下称“司法解释三”)第十三条及第十四条,以及《企业破产法》第三十五条的规定,在以下几种情形下,债权人可以请求该股东在其未出资本息范围内对公司债务不能清偿的部分承担连带清偿责任或补充赔偿责任:

    (1) 公司解散或破产清算时股东尚未缴纳出资(包括已到期的和未到期的);

    (2) 股东未履行或未全面履行出资义务;

    (3) 股东抽逃出资的(针对抽逃出资本息部分)。

    Filed under:
    China, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Lee Tsai & Partners
    Authors:
    Yanting Pei , Teresa Yu-Ting Huang
    Location:
    China
    Firm:
    Lee Tsai & Partners
    Litigation success through joined-up dispute services
    2022-11-25

    The recent High Court judgment in Re CGL Realisations Limited (In Liquidation) in favour of Geoff Carton-Kelly as additional liquidator of failed electrical retailer Comet ordered the company’s former French parent, Darty, to pay over £100m to restore the preferential repayment of an intercompany loan owed to Darty in the run-up to Comet’s sale shortly before its insolvency. The additional liquidator was appointed in 2018 by the court specifically to investigate the circumstances of Comet’s sale in advance of its demise in 2012.

    Filed under:
    United Kingdom, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, FRP Advisory, Liquidation, Insolvency
    Authors:
    David Hinrichsen
    Location:
    United Kingdom
    Firm:
    FRP Advisory
    Direct route versus recognition route – Hong Kong court's modern approach in Up Energy case
    2022-11-25

    Introduction
    Background
    Facts
    Comment


    Introduction

    Filed under:
    Hong Kong, Insolvency & Restructuring, William KW Leung & Co
    Authors:
    William Leung
    Location:
    Hong Kong
    Firm:
    William KW Leung & Co
    BVI Business Companies (Amendment) Act 2022 - Striking Off, Dissolution and Restoration of Companies
    2022-11-25

    BVI Business Companies (Amendment) Act revisions effective 1 January 2023

    Filed under:
    British Virgin Islands, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Walkers
    Authors:
    Rosalind Nicholson , Luke Petith , Colette Wilkins , Andrew Chissick , Adam Hinks
    Location:
    British Virgin Islands
    Firm:
    Walkers
    Unusual but uplifting: Court approves liquidators’ reasonable success fee
    2022-11-25

    This week’s TGIF considers a recent decision in Re HRL Limited (in liq) & Anor [2022] VSC 693, in which the Court approved a success fee in addition to the liquidators’ remuneration calculated by the application of a time-based costing method.

    Key takeaways

    Filed under:
    Australia, Capital Markets, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Corporations Act 2001 (Australia)
    Authors:
    Cameron Cheetham
    Location:
    Australia
    Firm:
    Corrs Chambers Westgarth
    Zero Degrees Celsius: The Effects of a "Crypto Winter" and Celsius’ Bankruptcy on Crypto Customers
    2022-11-28

    Part 1 – Celsius Bankruptcy

    Filed under:
    USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Sullivan & Worcester LLP, Bankruptcy, Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, Non-fungible tokens, Uniform Commercial Code (USA)
    Authors:
    Alexander D. Fung , Ryan M. Rosenblatt , Amy A. Zuccarello
    Location:
    USA
    Firm:
    Sullivan & Worcester LLP
    When does directors’ duty to creditors arise?
    2022-11-28

    Introduction

    The UK Supreme Court has recently delivered a landmark decision in the case of BTI 2014 LLC v Sequana S.A. [2022] UKSC 25. The decision is of great importance as the Supreme Court considered in detail whether the trigger for the directors’ duty to consider creditors’ interest is merely a real risk, as opposed to a probability of or close proximity to, insolvency.

    Background

    Filed under:
    Hong Kong, United Kingdom, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, ONC Lawyers, Insolvency, UK Supreme Court
    Authors:
    Ludwig Ng , Ivy Wang
    Location:
    Hong Kong, United Kingdom
    Firm:
    ONC Lawyers
    Business Support & Insolvency November 2022 Newsletter
    2022-11-28

    What we've been up to?

    In the six months since our last full newsletter, the UK has witnessed some monumental events, the most significant of course being the death of HM Queen Elizabeth II – followed by no less than three different occupants at Nos. 10 & 11 Downing Street, a UK record summer temperature of 40.3C, inflation hitting a 41 year high, startling increases in energy & food prices (exacerbated by the ongoing war in Ukraine) and, as of this month, the UK economy officially falling into recession.

    Filed under:
    United Kingdom, Insolvency & Restructuring, Boyes Turner LLP, Insolvency, Financial Conduct Authority (UK), Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020
    Authors:
    Phil Smith
    Location:
    United Kingdom
    Firm:
    Boyes Turner LLP
    董事對債權人的責任在何時產生?
    2022-11-28

    簡介

    英國最高法院最近在BTI 2014 LLC v Sequana S.A. [2022] UKSC 25一案中頒下了重要裁決,其重要之處在於最高法院深入探討了董事考慮債權人權益的責任,是只需出現真正的無力償債風險便已觸發,還是在相當可能或瀕臨無力償債時才觸發。

    背景

    本案的第二及第三答辯人為AWA公司(「該公司」)的董事。於2009年5月,他們安排該公司向該公司唯一股東(「第一答辯人」)派發1.35億歐元的股息(「該股息」),以抵銷第一答辯人結欠該公司的債務。該公司在支付該股息時,其資產負債表及現金流均處於具償債能力的狀況。然而,該公司有一項與污染相關而金額未定的長期或然負債,導致該公司產生未來可能無力償債的真正風險。

    Filed under:
    Hong Kong, United Kingdom, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, ONC Lawyers, Insolvency, UK Supreme Court
    Authors:
    Ludwig Ng , Ivy Wang
    Location:
    Hong Kong, United Kingdom
    Firm:
    ONC Lawyers

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