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IP Dragon quoted in the media
- South China Morning Post
- InsideCounsel, Feb 1, 2012
- US ITC: China: Effects of Intellectual Property Infringement and Indigenous Innovation Policies on the U.S. Economy, May 2011
- Advertising Age, Oct 21, 2010
- Wall Street Journal, March 4, 2009
- Wall Street Journal, Oct 7, 2008
- Wall Street Journal, Sept 11, 2008
- Reuters June 5, 2008
- France24, July 7, 2009
- Popular Science, July 8, 2007
- Asia Sentinel, May 28, 2007
- Wanfang Data, affiliate of China's Ministry of Science & Technology), Sept 11, 2008
- World Trademark Review, December 6, 2010
- World Trademark Review, April/May 2010
- World Trademark Review, June 9, 2009
- World Trademark Review, March 13, 2009
- World Trademark Review, January 29, 2009
- World Trademark Review, January 15, 2009
- EUROCHAMBRES Understanding China, July 7, 2010
- Global Resources, November 19, 2010
IP Dragon cited in scholarly papers
- Andrea Wechsler, China’s WTO Accession Revisited: Achievements and Challenges in Chinese Intellectual Property Law Reform (March 3, 2011). European Yearbook of Int'l Econ. L., Max Planck Institute for IP & Competition Law Research Paper No. 11-03, 2011
- Jesse London, China's Approaches to Intellectual Property Infringement on the Internet, 38 Rugers Law Record 2010-2011
- Anders Dalsgaard, Protection of IP in PRC: Is it really as bad as it looks? Aarhus University Denmark, May 2011
- Demian Stauber, Zhongqi Zhou, 10 U.C. Davis Bus. L.J. 207 (2010)
- Geertje Hesselink, Intellectual Property rights in fashion in China and the knowledge of young Chinese designer on this topic,Master Thesis Cultural Economics & Cultural Entrepreneurship, 2010
- Sarah A. Baird, Contentious Issues: Copyright Reform in the Age of Digital Technologies, December 2009
- Marcus Meyer, Marken- und Productpiraterie in der VR China: Eine umfassende Darstellung des zur Verfugung stehenden Rechtsschutzes, Igel Verlag, 2008, p 80
- Donald Harris, The Honeymoon is Over: Evaluating the United States' WTO Intellectual Property Complaint Against China, Fordham International Law Journal, Vol. 32, 2009; Temple University Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2008-76
- J.M. Duncan, M.A. Sherwood, Yuanlin Shen, 7 J. Marshall Rev. Intell. Prop. L. 529 (2008)
- Dina Bronshtein, Counterfeit Pharmaceuticals in China: Could Changes Bring Stronger Protection For IPR and Human Health? 17 Pacific Rim Law and Policy Journal 439, 2008
- Sampsung Xiaoxiang Shi, Chinese Copyright Law, Peer Production And The Participatory Media Age: An Old Regime In A New World, Sydney U. Press, 2008
- M.J. Simburg, 42 Int'l Law. 467 (2008)
- P. Dervan, Journal of High Technology Law, Suffolk U. Law School, 2008
- Terence Stewart, Elizabeth Argenti, Philip Butler, The Crisis in IP Protection And China's Role in that Crisis, USCC Research Paper, May 2007
- Paul Jones, China - Judicial and Legislative Update 2005-2006, 4 International Journal for Franchising Law 11, 2006
Speaking Engagements
- China's influence on non-trade concerns on international economic law, Maastricht University, 19 and 20 January 2012
- 3rd Global Forum on Intellectual Property, Raffles City Convention Centre, Singapore 6 and 7 January 2011
- 7th Annual Asia-Pacific IP Forum 2010, Speaker on Social Networks and Trademarks, Sheraton Tsimshatsui, Hong Kong, September 1, 2010
- Lunch presentation at Baker & McKenzie's Hong Kong office with video link to Baker's Shanghai and Beijing office, 'Is China's Unique Patent Law Paving the Way for Innovation?', 5 August 2010
- 2nd Annual IPR seminar Speaker and panelist at 'Managing IPR as a Business Asset in China', China IPR SME Helpdesk, European Chamber of Commerce, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, 25 June 2010
- Key Note Speaker Intellectual Property in China and the Netherlands, Rotterdam, 28 May 2008
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IPR in China Laws and Regulations
- Copyright Law Implementation PR of China 2002
- Copyright Law, Amended PR of China 2001
- Copyright Law Implementation PR of China 1991
- Provisions on the Implementation of International Copyright Conventions 1992
- Copyright Law PR of China 1990
- Copyright Collective Management Regulations PR of China 2004
- Copyright Administrative Punishment Implementation Rules 2009
- Trademark Law Implemention PR of China 2002
- Regulations on the Protection of the Right of Communication through Information Network PR of China 2006
- Measures for the Administrative Protection of Internet Copyright 2005
- Trademark Law PR of China 2001
- Trademark Law PR of China 1993
- Collective/Certification Marks 2003
- Collective/Certification Marks 1994
- Trademark Provisions on Claims for Priority 1985
- Well-known-trademarks Recognition/Protection 2003
- Implementation Madrid Agreement 2003
- TRAB Rules 2002
- Tort Liability Law 2009
- Product Quality Law 2000
- Punishment of the Crime of Fake or Substandard Commodities PR of China 1993 invalid
- Measures for the Administration of GI of Agricultural Products 2008
- Geographical Indication Products Protection PR of China 2005
- Administrative Measures Safety of Places of Origin of Agricultural Products 2006
- Implementing Regulations on Patent Law 2010
- Regulation on National Defense Patent 2004
- Standard for Application Patent Number 2003
- Opinion of the MOFTEC/SIPO on Strengthening Administration of Patents in Foreign Trade 2003
- Measures for Administrative Enforcement of Patent 2001
- Patent Law Implementation PR of China 2001
- Decision of the Standing Committee of NPC on Amendmend of Patent Law 2008
- Transitional Measures on Implementation of Amended Patent Law 2009
- Patent Law PR of China 2008
- Guidelines for Examination 2006
- Patent Law PR of China 2000
- Patent Law PR of China 1992
- Patent Law Implementing Regulations 1992
- Patent Law PR of China 1984
- Protection Measures for Intellectual Property Rights during Exhibitions PR of China 2006
- Science and Technology Progress Law PR of China 1993
- Anti-unfair Competition Law 1993
- Regulations of PR of China on Awards for Inventions 1978
- Regulations on the Protection of Types of Traditional Chinese Medicine (1993)
- Civil Law General Principles PR of China
- Civil Procedure Law PR of China
- Administrative Procedure Law 1989
- Software Protection Regulations PR of China 2002
- Administrative Procedure Law PR of China
- Customs Penalty Regulations PR of China 2004
- Customs Implementation Regulations PR of China 2004
- Customs Regulations PR of China 2003
- Customs Regulations PR of China 1995
- Customs Law PR of China 2001
- Criminal Law PR of China
- Criminal Procedure Law PR of China
- Unfair Competition Law PR of China 1993
- Anti Monopoly Law PR of China 2007
- Layout Design IC Regulations PR of China 2001
- Layout Design IC Implementation PR of China 2001
- Olympic Logo Regulations PR of China 2002
- Regulation on Radio and Television PR of China 1997
- Property Rights Law PR of China
- Constitution PR of China
- Legislation Law PR of China
- National IP Strategy PR of China 2008
- Action Plan PR of China 2008
- Action Plan PR of China 2007
- Action Plan PR of China 2006
- Action Plan PR of China 1995
- Foreign Trade Law PR of China 2004
- Foreign Trade Law PR of China 1994
- Regulations on the Protection of Types of Traditional Chinese Medicine (1993)
- Law on Guarding State Secrets 1988
Patent Law and Regulations in China
Judicial Interpretations by Supreme People’s Court and/or Supreme People’s Procuratorate
- Patent Civil Dispute Interpretation
- Trademark Civil Dispute Interpretation
- Copyright Civil Dispute Interpretation 2002
- Application of law to trial of cases over copyright disputes on networks 2004
- Adjudication/application of law to cases of copyright disputes on networks 2000
- Regulations on Protection of the Right to Network Dissemination of Information 2006
- Patent Law Pre-trial Cessation
- Trademarks Pre-trial Suspension Evidence Preservation
- Criminal Thresholds 2007 (Draft)
- Criminal Thresholds 2004
IPR Relevant Treaties in force in China
- WIPO Copyright Treaty (2007)
- WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (2007)
- WIPO Singapore Treaty (signature 2007)
- UNESCO Convention on Diversity of Cultural Expression (2007)
- WTO TRIPs (2001)
- Working Party Report on the Accession of China (2001)
- WTO Dispute Settlement Understanding (2001)
- WTO Acession Protocol (2001)
- WIPO UPOV Convention (1999)
- UN Vienna Treaty Convention (1997)
- WIPO Strasbourg Agreement IPC June (1997)
- WIPO Locarno Agreement (1996)
- Sino-US IPR MOU Action Plan for Effective Protection/Enforcement 1995
- WIPO Madrid Protocol (1995)
- WIPO Budapest Treaty (1995)
- Agreement Establishing the WTO (1995)
- Patent Cooperation Treaty (1994)
- WIPO Nice Agreement (1994)
- WIPO Trademark Law Treaty (signature 1994)
- WIPO Patent Cooperation Treaty (1994)
- WIPO Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms against Unauthorized Duplication of their Phonograms (1993)
- WIPO Phonograms Convention (1993)
- Sino-US IPR Memorandum of Understanding 1992
- WIPO Berne Convention (1992)
- UNESCO Universal Copyright Convention (1992)
- WIPO Washington Treaty (signature 1990)
- WIPO Madrid Agreement (Marks) (1989)
- WIPO Paris Convention (1985)
- WIPO Establishing Convention 1980
- Costa Rica - China FTA (2011)
- New Zealand-China FTA (2008)
- Pakistan-China FTA (2006)
- China-Chile FTA (2005)
China’s IP Related Authorities
Hong Kong’s IP Ordinances
- Copyright (Suspension of Amendments) Ordinance 2001
- Copyright Ordinance
- Director of Intellectual Property (Establishment) Ordinance
- Layout-design (Topography) of Integrated Circuits Ordinance
- Organized and Serious Crime Ordinance
- Patents Ordinance
- Plant Varieties Protection Ordinance
- Prevention of Copyright Piracy Ordinance
- Registered Designs Ordinance
- Trade Descriptions Ordinance
- Trade Marks Ordinance
- Basic Law 1997
International Treaties Applicable to Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s IP authority
Macau’s IP Laws
Macau’s IP authority
Taiwan’s IP Laws
Taiwan’s IP Related Authority
IP Faculties and Research Institutes
- Berkman Center for Internet and Society
- Boston University IP
- Cardozo Intellectual Property and Information Center
- Centre d'Études Internationales de la Propriété Intellectuelle
- Dean Dinwoodey Center for Intellectual Property
- East China University of Politics and Law Shanghai
- Engelberg Center on Innovation Law and Policy
- Franklin Pierce Center of Intellectual Property
- High Tech Law Institute
- Institute for Information Law Amsterdam (IViR)
- Institute for IP and Information Law (U of Houston)
- IP Academy Singapore
- Kernochan Center for Law Media and the Arts
- Max Planck Institute of Intellectual Property Competition and Tax Law
- McGill Centre for Intellectual Property Policy Montreal
- Renmin University of China School of Law Beijing
- Samuelson Law, Technology and Public Policy Clinic
- Stanford Center for Internet and Society
Chinese blogs/sites/committees about IP in China
- Andrew C. Mertha
- BioIPR-COM
- Blawg Dog
- China IPR Law
- Danwei
- Intellectual Property in China 知识产权与中国发展
- Intellectual Property Rights Protection Alliance
- IP Menu
- IP Webcasting Hong Kong
- IP.People.com.cn
- IPR.gov.cn
- More blogs about IP in China
- Patent Agent in Hong Kong
- Peter K. Yu
- Quality Brands Protection Committee
- Southern Perspective Shenzhen
China Blogs
- All Roads Lead To China
- Asia Business Intelligence
- China and International Law
- China Business Law Blog 中國商法博客
- China Challenges
- China Economics Blog
- China Esquire
- China Hearsay
- China Herald
- China Journal Wall Street Journal
- China Law Blog
- Chinese Law Working Group
- Emerging Capital
- Experience not logic
- International Economic Law and Policy Blog
- Little Red Book
- Modern Asian History: Myths and Realities
- PanAsianBiz
- The China Game
- This is China! Blog
- Uculture
- WTO and China
- 中外对话 China Dialogue
IP Blogs
- Afro-IP
- Boek 9 (Dutch)
- CIPP McGill Blog
- Class 46
- Counterfeit Chic
- Intellectual Property Watch
- Invisible Gold in China
- IP Finance
- IP Kat
- IP Tango
- Ipeg
- IPR Transatlantic Collaboration
- nipc IP/it Update
- No to Fakes
- Philip Brooks'Patent Infringement Updates
- Professor Justin Hughes
- Small Business IP Protection and Management
- SPC Blog
- The Counterfeit Blog
- The Fire of Genius
- The Gray Blog
- The Trademark Blog
- Transnational Law Blog
- Vox PI
Blog Archive
IPR Holders Representatives/Anti-piracy/-counterfeiting
- ABAC-BAAN
- ACG
- AGMA
- AIM
- AIPPI
- All-China Patent Agents Association
- Alliance against IP theft
- APM
- ARCC
- Auteursrecht
- BASCAP
- BIG Web
- BPG
- Brand Protection Alliance
- BREIN
- British brands group
- BSA
- CAAST
- Coalition Against Counterfeiting and Piracy
- Coalition for intellectual property rights
- Danish Anti-Counterfeiting Group (Danish)
- ECAP II
- ECTA
- FACG
- FACT
- FAST
- Filmwereld
- IACC
- ICC Commercial Crime Service
- IDSA
- IFPI
- IIPA
- INDICAM
- Innovation Alliance
- IP Federation
- IP Institute
- IPOS
- IPR Helpdesk
- IRMA
- Marques
- MPA
- MPAA
- NACG (Norwegian)
- NMPA
- No to fakes
- Pro-Music
- RIAA
- SABAM
- SACG
- SIIA
- SNB-REACT
- Stop Fakes
- The Industry Trust
- Trade Marks Patents and Designs Federation
- Union des Fabricants
- World Cinema Alliance
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Author Archives: Dr. Danny Friedmann
Sino-Japanese IPR Memorandum of Understanding: What Does It All Mean?
Although the text of the IPR MOU between China and Japan is not available, Adam Smith of the World Trademark Review tried to make sense of it all and prognose what the results will be of the negotiations/cooperations and asked … Continue reading
Tagged Adam Smith, geographical indications, MOU, World Trade Review
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Copyright Administrative Punishment Implementation Rules (2009)
The Administrative Punishment Rules for Copyright Infringement were recently updated and will take effect June 15, 2009. Rogier Creemers, Ph.D. Researcher at Maastricht University (the Netherlands) who already obtained a Master’s degree in Sinology from the University of Leuven (Belgium), … Continue reading
Working Group Must Protect Against Flood of Chinese IPR Infringements of Japanese Products
Mainichi Daily News reports that Japan and the People’s Republic of China have set up a working group to address intellectual property challenges. This Sunday the working group (which consists of the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Ministry and … Continue reading
Tagged Hokusai, Japan, MOFCOM, People's Republic of China
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LOIYIR Must Stop Using L’Oréal’s Chinese Name and Claiming It’s Part of L’Oréal
Already in 2007 there was some confusion among consumers, see the question at Ask Koubei here: Question: “LOIYIR 是 L’Oréal 的产品吗?” translation: LOIYIR is L’Oréal’s product?Answer: “不是.” Translation: noThe confusion was created by Hangzhou LOIYIR Cosmetics and Shanghai Meilianni Cosmetics … Continue reading
IP Dragon’s Law Firms Update
IP Dragon checked the IP law firms specialised in IPR in China. Here are some of the firms with new articles:Baker & McKenzie– ‘People’s Republic of China Patent Law Implementing Regulations Draft’ (pdf)http://www.bakernet.com/BakerNet/Resources/Publications/Recent+Publications/ChinaPRCPatentLawImplementingRegulationsDraftCAApr09.htmBird & Bird– Chen, Sofia and Ewan Grist, … Continue reading
Harlan Ellison Says The Darndest Things About Digital Piracy Of His Work
May 16-17, 2009, the International Herald Tribune had the following quote from the sci-fi author and screenwriter Harlan Ellison: “If you put your hand in my pocket, you’ll drag back six inches of bloody stump.”
Tagged copyright infringement, digital copyright infringement, Harlan Ellsion, International Herald Tribune, la propriété intellectuelle en Chine
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Reality Imitates Fiction: China National Space Administration Logo: Half Star Trek, And Other Half …Star Trek
Professor Susan Scafidi, the authoriy on Fashion Law (Fashion and Intellectual Property Law), author of ‘Who Owns Culture?‘ and Counterfeit Chic sent me a great link: ‘China Bootlegs Star Trek for Its Space Program‘ on Cool Aggregator, a site about … Continue reading
Grim audits of EU-China Relations – IPR to the rescue?
Guest article by Mikołaj Rogowski Dragons Nightmare, an article from the last month’s edition of The Economist drew a rather pessimistic picture of the European Union – China relations landscape. According to The Economist the EU is a tough spot. The … Continue reading
Tagged ECFR, Economist, EU, François Godement, IPR, John Fox, Mikołaj Rogowski, Sciences Po
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Business Leaders’ Advice On Succeeding in China: IPR, IPR and IPR
The Knowledge@W.P. Carey newsletter of the W.P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University, has a great series of articles: ‘Trade, China and the World Economic Order’. Part 3 is called: Business Leaders’ Advice on Succeeding in China.’ Herein, sensible … Continue reading
Tagged Arizona State University, Motorola, Phillip Carter, W.P. Carey
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Taylor Wessing Global Intellectual Property Index and China: The Last Shall Be The First
The People’s Republic of China was ranked last (24th position) in the Taylor Wessing Global Intellectual Property Index 2009, see here. The methodology of the GIPI rating is a calculation by a factor assessment model with jurisdiction assessments and instrumental … Continue reading
Tagged copyright, design rights, domain name, National strategy on IPR protection, patent, ranking, Taylor Wessing Global Intellectual Property Index, trademark, TRIPs, WCT, WIPO, WPPT, WTO
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Two Encouraging Surveys: On Public Awareness and Business Attitudes of Intellectual Property Rights in Hong Kong
Selene Ng of Wilkinson and Grist wrote an article on the site of IAM Magazine about an encouraging outcome of a survey on public awareness of intellectual property protection by the Hong Kong population. The Survey on Public Awareness of Intellectual … Continue reading
Tagged Hong Kong, IP Department Hong Kong, online copyrights, online games, public awareness, Wilkinson and Grist
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WSJ Reports 90 Percent of China’s Netizens Access Pirated Music
Mira Veda of the Huffington Post writes “The Wall Street Journal reports that 90% of China’s Web Users, which is estimated to be about 162 million people, access pirated music from their computers every day … ” Read here. Ms … Continue reading
Tagged copyright piracy, Google, Huffington Post, Mira Veda, music, performing artists, Wall Street Journal
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Google Will Continue To Investigate Trademarks as Keywords in China, Hong Kong and Macau
Imagine that your competitor can advertise with your name using Google AdWords. This nightmare can come true in the following jurisdictions: ‘Regions for Which Google will not investigate the use of trademarks as keywords‘. So far the People’s Republic of China, … Continue reading
Promising News: China and UK Fast-Track Green Patent Applications
Today the UK will start fast-tracking green patent applications, and China will follow suit. IAM Magazine ‘s Joff Wild has a very interesting blog about it called ‘China and UK to fast-track green patent applications, according to British IP Minister‘. That … Continue reading
Tagged green, IAM Magazine, innovation, Joff Wild, People's Republic of China, UK, World Intellectual Property Day
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BSA Software Piracy Study: Taiwan 39 Percent, Ranks 23th Lowest
Business Software Allicance (BSA) publishes its 2008 study of software piracy: May 2009, Sixth Annual BSA-IDG Software 08 Piracy Study. With 39 percent, Taiwan came in on the 23th position of the countries with the lowest software piracy, causing a 201 million US … Continue reading
Tagged BSA, Computers, software piracy, Taiwan
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BSA Software Piracy Study: Hong Kong 48 Percent, Ranks Average
Business Software Allicance (BSA) publishes its 2008 study of software piracy: May 2009, Sixth Annual BSA-IDG Software 08 Piracy Study. With 48 percent, Hong Kong is a Special Administrative Region whose software piracy ranking is between a country with a low … Continue reading
Tagged BSA, Computers, Hong Kong, software piracy
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BSA Software Piracy Study: China 80 Percent; Ranks 24th Highest
Business Software Allicance (BSA) publishes its 2008 study of software piracy: May 2009, Sixth Annual BSA-IDG Software 08 Piracy Study. With 80 percent, China came in on the 24th position of the countries with the highest software piracy, causing a … Continue reading
Tagged BSA, Computers, OEM, People's Republic of China, software piracy
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Little Red Book About Xiao Nei: “A Great Example of Digital Copycatting Done Right”
Rand Han of Little Red Book has another great article. This time he has used, analysed and deconstructed the social networking site Xiao Nei (at Campus) which is a blatant copycat of Facebook. Mr Han’s blog posting does not lack … Continue reading
Taiwan’s Three Strikes Sanction Less Strict Than French Equivalent
In the rebound the French Assemblée national adopted the Hadopi law today, which includes a “three strikes” sanction for file sharers of pirated works: repeat offenders will have their internet connection cut off after the third offense, see the France24.fr … Continue reading
Tagged Copyright Law, France, Hadopi, ISP liability, P-2-P, Taiwan, three strikes system
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Hon Hai versus BYD: IPR Infringement or Malicious Attack by a Rival?
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. sued Build Your Dreams (BYD) at a People’s Court in Shenzhen for intellectual property infringement in technology needed for electrical cars. Hon Hai is Taiwan’s leading outsourced manufacturing company for Apple’s iPhone, HP, Sony and … Continue reading
Tagged BYD, Foxconn, Hon Hai, intellectual property infringement, Shenzhen
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AmCham Gives Chinese Government Recommendations About Copyright Law, Trademark Law and Patent Law
American Chamber of Commerce in the People’s Republic of China (AmCham-China) issued the ‘American Business in China White Paper 2009‘ last month. Pages 45-48 pdf, with pagenumbers 88-94 are about intellectual property rights protection. Read here. AmCham-China’s recommendations to the Chinese … Continue reading
Tagged AmCham, Copyright Law, Trademark Law, white paper
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Professor Mossoff’s Historical Paper About Patent Thicket, Patent Troll and Patent Pool: Relevant Today
Can we learn from history? Or are we doomed to make the same mistakes over and over? Professor Adam Mossoff of George Mason University School of Law wrote an excellent paper about the Sewing Machine War of the 1850’s which … Continue reading
Tagged Elias Howe, George Mason University School of Law, Isaac Merritt Singer, patent law, patent pool, patent thicket, patent troll, prior art, professor Mossoff
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IIPA: “China and Russia Remain Major Concerns for Copyright Industries”
The International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) has made a statement on USTR’s decisions in its 2009 Special 301 Review affecting copyright protection and enforcement around the world. No real surprises, including that the IIPA commends USTR for the decision to … Continue reading
Tagged Baidu, BSA, IIPA, Kangjian Shixun, Records and Music
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Happy World Intellectual Property Day 2009
IP Dragon wishes you a happy World Intellectual Property Day 2009. The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has chosen a very relevant theme for this year’s World Intellectual Property Day: promoting green innovation. WIPO takes responsibility for the polution that … Continue reading
Tagged ResponsibleChina.com, WIPO, World Intellectual Property Day
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“China Will Reshape International Intellectual Property Policy”
I just read a great paper by Andrea Wechsler ‘Intellectual Property Law in the P.R. China: A powerful Economic Tool for Innovation and Development’, Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition & Tax Law Research Paper No. 09-02, November 12, … Continue reading
Tagged Andrea Wechsler, IP policy, Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property Competition and Tax Law, patent law, patent reform
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Is There Anything Original To A Geely GE? And What About Huatai?
At the 2009 Shanghai Auto Show the Chinese Geely GE gives its acte de présence. Richard S. Chang wrote: “By all accounts the limo is a shameless (if not slightly shorter in length) knock-off of the Rolls-Royce Phantom.“ Read Chang’s … Continue reading
Tagged automotive industry, Bentley, Geely, Huatei, knock-off, Rolls-Royce
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“A new dawn for the China health-care or… Grand theft IP?”
Guest article and picture by Mikołaj Rogowski Back in January, Chinese government announced another one of its subsidies. This time around public health-care is the target and a sum of $128 billion is the weapon. It is no secret that … Continue reading
Green Gold Rush: The Interview, The Movie
Laurent Gaberell told me that he made a video documentary called Green Gold Rush about bioprospecting (the exploration of biodiversity for commercially valuable genetic and bio-chemical resources) and indigenous peoples. See the video here. The InterviewIP Dragon: Is traditional knowledge … Continue reading
Tagged biodiversity, biopiracy, Green Gold Rush, indiginous people, intellectual property enforcement, Laurent Gaberell, traditional Chinese medicines, traditional knowledge, WIPO
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Consumers International Says UK Has Worse Copyright Regime Than China… Nonsense Says Sharkey
Thank goodness it is Friday. Consumers International did a survey on the intellectual property laws and enforcement practices of Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, China, India, Indonesia, Israel, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, South Korea, Spain, Thailand, the UK and the US, see here. … Continue reading
Tagged Consumers International, Copyright Law, Feargal Sharkey, music, TGIF, UK Music, YouTube
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Music Copyright Fees for Television and Radio Announced
Picture: TV History JLM Pacific Epoch (China Business Headlines & Analysis from JL McGregor & Company) translated a report by West China City Daily quoting Chinese composer Xu Peidong that China’s National Publishing Administration plans to set up copyright fees … Continue reading
Tagged alternative business models copyright protection, JLM Pacific Epoch, National Publishing Administration, radio, television
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IP Dragon’s Worldwide Review of Seizures and Measures Against Counterfeit and Pirated Goods Originating from China
This article will be a work in progress, because everytime I will come across news about a country that seized counterfeit or pirated goods originating from China I will add the link, so that a worldwide overview will emerge. If … Continue reading
Zhongnanhai Cigarettes? White House Cigars? Kremlin Wodka?
Xin Dingding and Wang Huazhong report on an anti-tobacco non-governmental organisation (NGO) called Think Tank Research Center for Health Development, that submitted a petition on April 14, 2009 to the Beijing Trademark Office to stop the use of Zhongnanhai, the … Continue reading
Tagged brand, cigarettes, trademark in China, Zhongnanhai
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Do ACTA Member Countries Want to Confront China With A Fait Accompli?
Since April 9, when I blogged ‘China and ACTA: Why the problem is not made part of the solution‘, new information about the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) has leaked, see Wikileaks here. It makes you realise how transparent the founding … Continue reading
Tagged ACTA, Michael Geist, TRIPs, WIPO, WTO, WTO Dispute Settlement
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Silk Market Vendors of Counterfeit Goods Terrorise Law Firm
Remember the Silk Market Appeal Case/Landlord Case about which I blogged at the exact same date, but then in 2006? Read here. Well, a lot has happened in the mean time: The Beijing Silk Market (before known as Silk Street … Continue reading
Faustian Pact Anno 2009: Receive Counterfeit Products, Lose Your Soul
You might have seen the movie ‘The Devil Wears Prada‘. A more empirical title could be ‘The Devil Sells fake Prada’. Research conducted by Duke and MIT professor Dan Ariely (author of Predictably Irrational) found out that owning a counterfeit … Continue reading
Tagged counterfeit, Dan Ariely, Duke University, MIT
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Sweet US ITC Victory Over Sucralose Patents For Chinese Manufacturers
Complainants:Tate & Lyle Technology Limited of London, United Kingdom;Tate & Lyle Sucralose, Inc. of Decatur, IL. Versus Respondents: AIDP, Inc. of City of Industry, CA; Beijing Forbest Chemical Co., Ltd. of China; Beijing Forbest Trade Co., Ltd. of China; Forbest … Continue reading
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China and ACTA: Why Is The Problem Not Made Part Of The Solution?
Medio December 2008 IP Dragon wrote about the controversial genesis of the China-less Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) by Japan and the US (joined by Australia, Canada, the European Union, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Republic of Korea, Singapore and Switzerland) whose … Continue reading
Tagged ACTA, EU, Japan, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, People's Republic of China, Republic of Korea, Singapore, Switzerland, TRIPs, USA
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Center Stage for Background Music: Collective Society Victorious Against Supermarket
Mena Lo and Lilian Shi of Wilkinson & Grist China wrote a short article about a copyright infringement case the Music Copyright Society of China brought against Beijing MerryMart Chain Stores. The Beijing Haidian District People’s Court awarded only 500 … Continue reading
Giving Away Music For Free to Destroy Copyright Piracy: Operation Success, Patient Dead?
Google is trying to get a bit closer to Baidu, the number one search engine in China. Therefore it is offering the users of google.cn free music downloads. It is legal, because all copyright holders have given permission. Murad Ahmed … Continue reading
IPR Enforcement in China via Inversed Trojan Horse: LVMH Invites China Investment Corporation to Take An Equity Stake
March 16, Tim LeeMaster wrote for the South China Morning Post, the English language newspaper of Hong Kong, that China Investment Corporation is considering to take an equity stake of 10 percent in the French luxury goods company LVMH. Head … Continue reading
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How to Protect Traditional Chinese Medicine?
Recently I have been corresponding about Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and which intellectual property rights (IPR) can protect them. I just read Mr or Ms Jia’s interesting paper on TCM (Jia Q., The World Health Organization, ‘Traditional Chinese Medicine Could … Continue reading
Tagged patent, sui generis, traditional Chinese medicines, traditional knowledge, WHO
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Professor Lessig Went To Beijing to Warn China Against …
… US copyright policy Mr Brett Gaylor, a Canadian from Montreal wrote and directed a thought provoking documentary ‘RIP: A Remix Manifesto‘, which can be seen in 13 chapters via the internet, see here; which is an open invitation to remix it. … Continue reading
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Video Copyright Enforcement/Anti-Piracy in China Comes of Age
Andy Greenberg wrote two great articles for Forbes about video copyright piracy in China. In ‘Video Piracy’s China Syndrome‘ he writes that “[a]ccording to date from copyright-fingerprinting start-up Vobile, the number of copyright-infringing videos on some Chinese sites like Ku6 … Continue reading
Tagged 56.com, Alluc.org, Andy Greenberg, China Piracy Reports, copright piracy, Dailymotion, Forbes, Ku6.com, Megavideo, MovieTVonline.com, Pomoho, Sidereel.com, Tudou, Veoh, video, Vobile, Youku, YouTube
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Neither US Nor China Appeals Against WS/DS362 report
Ms Kaitlin Mara has an excellent post on Intellectual Property Watch about the acceptance of and reactions to the WTO Dispute Settlement Report (WS/DS362) by the US and China. China is expected to tell how it will implement the changes … Continue reading
Tagged appeal, Atul Kaushik, DS362, ICTSD, Intellectual Property Watch, Joost Pauwelyn, Peter K. Yu, UNCTD, Xuan Li
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The Future of Innovation in China: “China Will Overtake Position Germany in 20 years” Or “Not in Our Life Time”
I just listened to the IP Think Tank Podcast of February 16, 2009 which is an initiative of Duncan Bucknell Company. Besides an interesting review of the WTO report on DS 362, the IP Think Tank Podcast has a lot … Continue reading
Interview with Mr Joseph Simone About Which Steps The US Could Take in regard to IPR in China
IP Dragon’s Danny Friedmann asked foreign registered lawyer and IPR in China specialist Mr Joseph Simone of Baker & McKenzie in Hong Kong about which course of action the US could take after the decision, WTO DS 362 Report, by … Continue reading
Tagged appeal, counterfeit, DS362, IACC, Joseph Simone, Special 301 Report, WTO Dispute Settlement
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How to Sanction Lack of IPR Enforcement in China: Priority Watch List (IILA) or Foreign Country/Section 306 Monitoring Status (IACC)
The International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition (IACC) is an organisation that represents companies concerned with trademark counterfeiting and copyright piracy. The IACC submitted the following recommendations to the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) in their annual Special 301 review of … Continue reading
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81.5 percent of Counterfeit Products in Japan originates from China
The Japan Times is running (and probably translated) Kyodo News’ article which is quoting Japan’s Finance Ministry saying that 81.5 percent of counterfeit products come from China. Japan’s 9 customs houses handled 26,415 cases of fake imported goods in 2008, … Continue reading
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Guidelines of the Supreme People’s Court on Implementing the National IP Strategy
Last year China’s State Council promulgated the National IP Strategy (“National IP Strategy 2008: Feasible Commitments or Road to Nowhere Paved with Good Intentions” read here), a roadmap that must lead China to become one of the most innovative countries … Continue reading →