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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
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- 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
Music Industry Alert: Dissonant Draft of China’s Copyright Law Might Change Tune
Articles 46 and 48 draft version of the amendment of the Copyright Law of March 2012 sounded false in the ears of many musicians in China and abroad. After their respective protests and that of music industry interest groups the … Continue reading
Tagged copyright collective society, Copyright Law PR of China, draft, Music Copyright Society of China, music industry, NCA
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Pharma Alert Q&A: Viread China’s First Victim of Compulsory Licensing?
Innovative pharmaceuticals take notice. Reuters’ Tan Ee Lyn asserts that China “overhauled parts of its intellectual property laws” to allow generics companies to start exploiting patented medicines cheaply. In other words allowing compulsory licensing. Tan mentioned one medicine for HIV … Continue reading
Tagged AIDS, compulsory license, generics, Gilead Sciences Inc., HIV, IP Dragon Laws and Regulation Update, Measures on Compulsory License of Patent Exploitation, medicines, patent law, pharmaceutical industry, Tenofovir, Viread, WHO
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Trend Thirsty Thursday: Compensation for Copyright Infringement of Chinese Character Fonts Is Going Up
Remember IP Dragon’s 2007 article about font maker Beijing University Founder Sued Blizzard Over Font Copyright Infringements? In 2011 the Beijing Higher People’s Court decided that Blizzard did indeed infringe five of Founder’s copyrighted fonts. But even though Founder sought 408 million … Continue reading
Tagged Beijing Higher People's Court, Blizzard, copyright font infringement, Founder, 方正
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Supreme People’s Court Took AMSC v. Sinovel Wind Group Case On Software Copyright Infringement
In November, 2011, IP Dragon posed the question: Is American Superconductor (AMSC) the 21st century version of Don Quixote?, when it sued Sinovel Wind Group of Beijing for violation of trade secrets and software copyright infringement and demanded damages of 1.2 … Continue reading
Tagged American Superconductor, AMSC, arbitration, Beijing Arbitration Commission, Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court, copyright infringement, Hainan Province No. 1 Intermediate People's Court, Sinovel Wind Group, software copyright, Supreme People's Court
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Stir up people to innovate by slogan or by a change of culture
“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you”… “Read slogans and you shall innovate.” The last sentence it not according to the Gospel of Matthew, but according … Continue reading
Tagged Beijing, innovation, slogan
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Plain Cigarette Packaging Debate Ignited Again in Hong Kong
In the Mainland of China there is still growth in the amount of people that start to smoke; now there are 350 million smokers in China. And a scientist specialised in refining cigarettes to the taste of Chinese smokers, has … Continue reading
Tagged Christy Choi, Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health, Hong Kong SCMP, Jennifer Cheng, plain package, tobacco industry, World No Tobacco Day
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Trend Thirsty Thursday: Made Better in China
What would you do if you knew the future? Wouldn’t you made decisions that anticipate on that future to be fully prepared? The alchemists over at trendwatching.com have made it their business to extrapolate contemporary facts (as valuable as lead) … Continue reading
Tagged intellectual property in China, IP in China, IPR in China, Made better in China, Paul Midler, Professor Ming Zeng, Professor Peter Williamson, trends, trendwatching.com
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Manchurian Candidate of Chips: Backdoor or IP Challenge?
Instead of brainwashing and grooming a person to become a political leader in a rival country, like in The Manchurian Candidate, a 1959 political thriller by Richard Condon, it is probably easier to try to sell the rival country computer … Continue reading
Tagged backdoor, Business Insider, computer chips, cyber espionage, Elois Lee, Errata Security, Robert David Graham, Robert Johnson, Sergei Skorogogatov, The Manchurian Candidate, University of Cambridge
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IP Dragon wants YOUR opinion
IP Dragon is very excited to announce that it is moving toward a more professional format. To be better informed about your professional needs, we would like you to answer the following 9 short questions. Help us to … Continue reading
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One of the Top 10 IPR Cases in Jiangsu 2011: Counterfeit Luxury Brands Seized
Jiangsu was China’s province with the highest GNP per capita in 2011: 61,649 Yuan. This means that a greater group of people might have become interested in luxury goods, such as cosmetics and jewelry. One of the top … Continue reading
Tagged anti-counterfeit system, Bobbi Brown, Chanel, Christian Dior, Estée Lauder, fake, Giorgio Armani, Guerlain, Helena Rubinstein, Jiangsu, Lancome, Louis Vuitton, luxury goods, MAC Cosmetics, Shiseido, Swarovski, Tiffany & Co.
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Without Real Innovation What Is There To Protect? National Intellectual Property Strategy 2012
China wants to move away from imitation to innovation country. Therefore China’s State Intellectual Property Organization (SIPO) issued the Promotion Plan for the Implementation of the National Intellectual Property Strategy in 2012. Before I give an analysis of this laudable plan … Continue reading
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Impersonator Does Not Fake a Documentary on Trademark Counterfeits
Owen Schumacher is a gifted Dutch comedian and impersonator. He has made a documentary series about what people’s perceptions are of real and fake. The third episode of the documentary is on brands, genuine and fake. Mr Schumacher, like yours … Continue reading
Tagged Christan Rommel, documentary, fake, Fei Wang, genuine, Gucci, Holland Village, Hong Kong, Louis Vuitton, Museum Plagiarus, Owen Schumacher, Prada, Rolex, Shanghai, Shenzhen, trademark counterfeit, Windows of the World
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Why Go Undercover If You Can See Counterfeits in the Bright Light of Guangdong
“Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants”, as judge Louis D. Brandeis (Supreme Court of the U.S. from 1916-1939) is quoted. But what if some of the government officials in society wear sunglasses? Last year around … Continue reading
Tagged China Daily, counterfeit trademarks, food safety, media, medicines, Zheng Caixiong
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Most Feared by Multinational Companies in China: IP Infringers WITHIN the Organization
Phil Muncaster of The Register interviewed via email Verizon manager Ian Christofis after the 13th annual Info-Security Conference in Hong Kong. ““In my experience, a number of foreign companies – for example US-based or Taiwan-based firms – that are manufacturing … Continue reading
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Ownership and the Right to Upload versus the Obligation to Remove
Hong Kong’s Motion Picture Industry Association (MPIA) estimated to have lost 308 million U.S. dollar, because of copyright piracy on YouTube. Read Karen Chu’s Hollywood Reporter article here. MPIA is referring that the Hamburger Landgericht’s decision in GEMA … Continue reading
Tagged Brigit Clark, copyright piracy, film industry, Hong Kong, IP Kat, Karen Chu, MPIA, ownership, secondary liability, YouTube
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How To Create A Chinese Alptraum Out of an Austrian Dream Village
Picture a pristine village at a crystal clear lake in the Austrian Alps. Now get rid of the snowy mountains and replace them with yellow hills. Then strip the lake and substitute it with a muddy pool. Add some polluted … Continue reading
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Trademark Dilution/Delusion in HK: Greyhound Café is free-riding on Greyhound Lines’ Reputation
Can the Gaia Group who brought a restaurant chain first in Thailand (in 1997, as a line extension of its fashion label which it started in 1980 with men’s casual wear at Siam Center, followed by an expansion into … Continue reading
Tagged Greyhound Café, Greyhound Lines, Hong Kong, Trade Marks Ordinance, trademark dilution, well-known trademark
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Majority of Online Copyright Infringers Encourage Chinese Government to Step up Protection
On May 3, 2012, the China Youth Daily did a survey under 17,576 respondents about their conduct and perception in regard to copyright protection. Results survey: 92.7 percent of respondents admitted they had bought or used pirated … Continue reading
Tagged copyright infringement, culture, internet, Lies damn lies and statistics, statistics
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Four Taiwanese Publishers Want Government to Ban Access to Foreign Piracy Sites
Four Taiwanese publishing companies have urged the government to change the Copyright Act and Telecommunications Act, so that there will be a possibility to ban access to foreign sites that provide pirated content.
Tagged cloud technology, copyright piracy, publisher, Taiwan
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China Dominates Priority Watch List 2012
April 2012, the Office of the United States trade Representative published its 2012 Special 301 Report. To really nobody’s surprise China is again on the Priority Watch List, together with Algeria, Argentina, Canada, Chile, India, Indonesia, Israel, Pakistan, Russia, Thailand, Ukraine and … Continue reading
Tagged China Hearsay, copyright piracy, Jeff Johnson Roberts, Priority Watch List, Special 301 Report, trademark counterfeit, USTR
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Bear and Dragon Try the Water for Fast Patent Examination Stream
After the U.S.A (USPTO)., Germany (DPMA), Korean (KIPO) and Japan (JPO), Russia might become the fifth country to have a patent prosecution highway with China. State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO)’s commissioner Tian Lipu signed a Memorandum of Understanding with … Continue reading
Tagged Boris Simonov, ChinaIPR, DPMA, JPO, KIPO, Mark Cohen, MOU, patent examination, patent prosecution highway, RFIPO, Russia, Sheng Li, SIPO, Tian Lipu, USPTO
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Why Wen’s Words Are Not For T-Shirts
“Reflect on your faults” “Keep both feet on the ground” “Look up at the starry sky” These slogans seem innocuous and hardly original, nor is it obvious that they are copyrighted or trademarked. However, the Beijing Administration for Industry and … Continue reading
Tagged advertisement law, Copyright Law, SAIC, slogan, Trademark Law, Wen Jiaobao
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Analysis of the 2011 Supreme People’s Court White Paper
April 19, 2012, the Supreme People’s Court issued a white paper on intellectual property protection by Chinese people’s courts in 2011. IP Dragon has made an analysis of the the 64 page document. The white paper makes the growth of … Continue reading
Tagged statistics, Supreme People's Court, white paper
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Happy World IP Day from China
Today is World IP Day, the annual day to celebrate intellectual property rights and what they mean for stakeholders and society at large. It’s organised by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). This year’s theme is visionary innovators, see here. … Continue reading
Tagged Tu Youyou, WIPO, World IP Day
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Hong Kong’s parody on democracy? First pass bill, then consult public on Parody Exception
Some principled linearity please Democracies’ very right to exist depends on the support the government is getting from its population. Hong Kong’s democracy might be in its infancy, but the government of the Special Administrative Region should know that … Continue reading
Tagged Copyright Amendment Bill 2011, Copyright Ordinance, Hong Kong, Network Freedom Concern Group, parody
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Stolichnaya in China: Absolute Counterfeit
After counterfeit Lafite wine, Chinese counterfeiters have concocted the famous vodka brand Stolichnaya. Stolichnaya does have its roots in Russia, but is now produced in Latvia by SPI Cyprus. China Daily (U.S. edition) run with Xinhua’s news post which … Continue reading
Constructed Knowledge Works Like a Red Flag To An Internet Intermediary
After publishing a draft of the copyright law, the National Copyright Administration comes now with a A Brief Explanation concerning the Copyright Law of the People’s Republic of China (Revision Draft), translated by China Copyright and Media. It makes the copyright more … Continue reading
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Rouse: IP China Express 340
” IP in China, dusk or dawn?” Photo: Danny Friedmann In the 340th IP China Express Rouse, the international IP business selected the following news items: – Rubber products manufacturer Freudenberg victorious in a trademark conflict that has been going … Continue reading
Tagged Freudenberg, General Administration of Press and Publication, IP China Express, Kawasaki, Liu Binjie, Procter and Gamble, Rouse, rubber, Shanghai Second Intermediate People's Court, trademark, train
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Chinese Movie Posters Give You “Double Vision” Without The Alcohol
Clone and OriginalThe silver screen is known to bring out the imagination of people. However, China’s film industry has not given birth to a poster child of creativity, eyeing laboriously to any movie that has some measure of success, Chinese … Continue reading
Tagged copyright, film, independent creation, movie posters, movies
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Hausse of Chinese Companies Protecting Their Inventions Overseas
+ 33.4%Some international patent filings statistics from Geneva. The amount of international patent filings of Chinese companies and educational institutions grew with a stunning 33,4 percent in 2011 to 16,406. This means that more and more Chinese companies and educational … Continue reading
Tagged Alcatel Shanghai Bell, Huawei, invention patent, PCT, Tsinghua University, WIPO, ZTE
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Google And the Law, The Book
Did Google go too far … or is Google victim of legal lag? Yours truly had the honour to write a chapter for a very promising book called Google and the Law edited by Dr. Aurelio Lopez-Tarruella, of which I have so … Continue reading
Tagged Annsley Merelle Ward, Aurelio López-Tarruella Martinez, censorship, China Intellectual Property, Google and censorship, Google and the Law, Jeremy Phillips, Mr Frederik Borgesius
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Do Trademarks Killl? Or Are They Victim? A Hong Kong Story With A Happy Ending
Florence Ka-Yee Lam, lawyer at Wilkinson & Grist which was already founded in 1860, wrote an interesting legal brief for IAM magazine on a current decision by the trademark registry of Hong Kong that upheld the registration of Philip Morris’ … Continue reading
Tagged Annelise Connell, Clifford Chance, Florence Lam, Hong Kong, Ling Ho, Marlboro, Marlboro Lights, Trade Marks Ordinance, trademark revocations, trademarked slogans, Wilkinson and Grist
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Current State On Writing On Counterfeiting in China
Comment on commentNeil Wilkoff, blogger of IP Finance, commented on an Economist article, called Pro Logo: Brands in China (January 14, 2012) see here, that did not give enough context nor support for its assertions. The first part of the article … Continue reading
Tagged Economist, IP Finance, Neil Wilkoff, perception
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Precious Lessons Learned From Hermès’ Unregistered Trademark In China
Love for horses, Love for gemsAlthough Hermès registered its trademark in China since 1977, it had not yet registered its Chinese name 爱马仕 (Ài mǎ shì) as a trademark the Legal Evening News wrote, according to Shanghai Daily, see here. In 1995 Dafeng … Continue reading
Tagged Chinese characters, famous brand, Hermes, SAIC, TRAB, trademark in China, well-known trademark, 爱玛仕, 爱马仕
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Supporting Qiaodan Brand Is Not Patriotic, But Harmful To China
An iconic photo of Michael Jordan getting the basketball was made into a mirror-like silhouette logo, and then used with the phonetically similar name 乔丹 Qiáodān, and both the logo and name were trademarked in China without Michael Jordan’s permission. The … Continue reading
Tagged Bai Yan Song, CCTV, CRI, Jeremy Lin, Michael Jordan, Qiaodan, reputation, trademark infringement, 乔丹
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iPad, youPad, wePad? Who Is the Owner of the Trademark in China?
iPads for sale in the Apple Store at Central, Hong Kong Photo Danny Friedmann Apple introduced a third category, in between a laptop and smartphone, on January 27, 2010 (see the late Steve Jobs give the presentation here and demonstration here and here). April … Continue reading
Tagged Apple, Guangdong Higher People's Court, Hong Kong, iPad, Proview Electronics, Shanghai Pudong New Area Court, Shenzhen, Taiwan, trademark infringement
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SPC Notice: Full Exertion of IPR Adjudication Functions to Promote the Boom, Socialist Culture and Autonomous and Harmonious Development
16 December, 2011, Supreme People’s Court of the People’s Republic of China issued the notice to fully play the role of IPR judicial functions to promote the great development and prosperity of socialist culture and the promotion of economic autonomy … Continue reading
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China’s Influence On Non-Trade Concerns In International Economic Law
Maastricht University, Faculty of Law Professor Paolo Farah organised with a grant from China-EU School of Law (CESL) in Beijing three conferences on China and Non-trade Issues. The first was held at the University of Turin (November 23-24, 2011), the … Continue reading
Tagged Anselm Kamperman Sanders, China, Denise Provost, intellectual property in China, Lukasz Gruszczynski, Maastricht University, Paolo Farah, Rogier Creemers, WTO
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“Chinese Government Takes IP Dead Serious”
““The government is taking IP dead seriously,” says Danny Friedmann, an IP rights consultant in China and founder of the popular blog IP Dragon. “In fact their fate is connected to it.”“ Read Melissa Maleske’s InsideCounsel article ‘China aims to … Continue reading
Tagged InsideCounsel, Melissa Maleske, WTO Compliance
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Must Read of the Month: Subject of the Emperor Filed Enhanced Nutcracker Patent in U.S. and Canada
Mark Cohen, IP in China expert, who is now a visiting professor at Fordham Law School, has a great blog called ChinaIPR.com. He recently posted the most fascinating article post of the year: China’s First Overseas Patent Filer written by … Continue reading
Tagged ChinaIPR.com, Dr. Jin Fuey Moy, Fordham Law School, Professor Mark Cohen, Scott Seligman, Three Tough Chinamen
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Toyota on a Chain: Creatively Challenged Art or Parody?
Last year’s Hong Kong International Art Fair at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre included the “Toyota Chain”, by Thomas Hirschhorn, which, was exactly that. Mr Hirschhorn, a Swiss artist, made the piece in 2002, and so far, nobody … Continue reading
Tagged Hong Kong International Art Fair, parody, Thomas Hirschhorn, Toyota, trademark dilution, trademark infringement
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Microsoft Applies Doctrine of Landlord Liability To Software Piracy
Peter Ollier has an interesting article for Managing Copyright about Microsoft’s alleged first landlord liability case to tackle rampant software piracy. Microsoft is suing Beijing Chaoyang Buynow because two of retailers, Beijing Hongguang Century Trading and Beijing Zhuojue Elements Trading … Continue reading
Tagged Beijing Chaioyang Buynow, Gome, Landlord liability, Microsoft, Peter Ollier, Shanghai Gome, Shanghai Huangpu District People's Court, software piracy, Tort Liability Law
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Sanrio Brand Licensor Says The Darndest Things, Or Maybe Not
TGIF Peter Ollier wrote an article about how Disney and Sanrio are licensing some of their brands in China. Licensable “cuteness” popular among Hong Kong populationLanham Place, Mong KokPhoto: Danny Friedmann Roberto Lanzi, president of Sanrio Consumer Products for Europe, … Continue reading
Tagged Disney, Hello Kitty, Hong Kong, Ladies Market, Roberto Lanzi, Sanrio, Special 301 Out-of-Cycle Review of Notorious Markets, USTR
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Rethinking Intellectual Property Protection in Hong Kong
After the welcome remarks by professor Douglas Arner (head Department of Law, HKU) and the opening speech by Peter Cheung, (director IPD, HKSAR Government) see here, the first panel presentation of the Round Table event organised by Law & Technology Centre … Continue reading
Tagged Haute Diggity Dog, Hong Kong, INTA, Louis Vuitton, Mr Mayank Vaid, Octopus Card, patent reform, Peter Cheung, Professor Alice Lee, professor Haochen Sun, Singapore, trademark dilution, University of Hong Kong
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“Rethinking IP” Round Table HKU – Drake University
Knowles Building, at HKUPhoto: Danny Friedmann Last Saturday morning, lawyers, academics and students from Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Australia, Japan and the U.S., all passionate about intellectual property rights, gathered at the University of Hong Kong for a round table … Continue reading
Tagged Drake University, Hong Kong, Intellectual Property Index Shenzhen, IP monetization, IPD, Peter Cheung, professor Peter K. Yu, Shenzhen, trade platform
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Key IP Question Before Considering Joint-Venture: Am I Educating My Future Competitor Or Building A Long-Term Partnership?
Colin Davies, managing director of Accenture Software, wrote a column for China Daily European Weekly (always asking whether the content is not usable for the Chinese edition) about ways that will make a better cooperation between Chinese and Western software … Continue reading
Tagged China Daily, intellectual property, IP enforcement, joint-venture, Mr Colin Davies
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China’s NCA: Authorized Copyrighted Works on Video Sharing Sites Average 76 Percent
“China’s National Copyright Administration (NCA) recently announced that on average, only 76 percent of the movies and TV series on the country’s 18 major video-sharingwebsites are authorized copyrighted works“, wrote Lu Yanxia of Beijing Daily, edited and translated by Yao Chun … Continue reading
Fast Moving Counterfeit Goods From China Found in India
For a long time FMCG was the abbreviation for Fast Moving Consumer Goods, also in India. But you might take the C to mean counterfeit, because an increasing amount of counterfeit healthcare, skin cremes, shampoos, toothpaste and cigarettes of famous … Continue reading
Tagged counterfeit, Dabur, FMCG, Indian, ITC
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