KUALA LUMPUR, May 6 -- California-based company, INTERNATIONAL FRUIT GENETICS LLC (IFG) has taken steps to protect its intellectual property in China.
The company is the sole and unique proprietor of different table grape varieties, such as IFG Six (Sweet Sapphire ™), IFG Eleven (Sugar Crisp ™), IFG Sixteen (Sweet Favors ™) and IFG Seventeen (Sweet Joy ™).
In recent years, IFG has kept a close eye on the Chinese market, and undertaken a series of activities aimed at combating counterfeiting and other intellectual property infringement acts against IFG grape varieties in grapevine production and trading.
According to a statement, IFG’s goal is to eliminate illegal plantations and unauthorised trading of IFG varieties in China, so as to protect the legitimate rights and interests of IFG and its licensed manufacturers and distributors worldwide.
IFG has appointed the Baker McKenzie FenXun (FTZ) Joint Operation Office to protect its intellectual property rights and carry out enforcement activities against the alleged infringers before the competent authorities in China.
Specifically, IFG has secured registration of trademarks, not only for the English names of its key varieties, but also for their Chinese counterparts, paving the way for trademark enforcement actions in China.
The company also launched a series of evidence preservation and administrative actions against the illegal plantations as well as unauthorised trading and promotion of IFG varieties.
More details at www.ifg.world.
-- BERNAMA
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