As Director of Global Marketing for Cogswell USA,Erica Is Responsible

As Director of Global Marketing for Cogswell USA,Erica is responsible for registering her company's trademark in China.In preparing for this process,she has assembled data that supports her company's prior use of the Cogswell name and mark,as well as its legal ownership.Yet when she speaks with her attorney in Shanghai,she is incredulous to learn that the trademark registration has been granted to another company.How could this be?

A) Erica did not offer the Chinese trademark clerk sufficient personal compensation for a registration.
B) China does not allow registration of foreign trademarks.
C) China operates under common law.
D) China has a 'first-to-file' trademark system