On April 21, the Supreme People's Court released the Annual Report on Legal Application Issues in Intellectual Property Cases Handled by Courts Nationwide (2025), which identifies 45 legal application issues arising from intellectual property cases concluded by courts nationwide in 2025. Three cases represented by Unitalen are selected as guiding cases addressing three categories of legal application issues in trademark administrative litigation, namely:

15. Judgment of Inherent Distinctiveness of Device Trademarks — Invalidation Case on Device Trademark of C&S, (2025) SPC Admin. Retrial 318

16. Validity Judgment of the Subsequent Geographical Indication Certification Trademark with Overlapping Production Areas — A Retrial Case on Invalidation of Trademark "湘西黄金茶" (2025) SPC Admin. Retrial Application 4791

20. Overall Examination and Judgment on Trademark Use Evidence — An Administrative Dispute Case Concerning the Reexamination on Revocation of the Trademark Right of "留余" (2025) SPC Admin. Retrial 507