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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
Golden Combination: Chow Tai Fook and Disney
“You can’t stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes,” said Winnie the Pooh. Winnie the Pooh: “All this gold makes me crave for … honey.“Exhibition at … Continue reading
Tagged China, Chow Tai Fook, Disney, dual branding, Hang Seng Index, Hong Kong, jewelry, licensing, Macau
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Smartphone Patent War 2012: Chinese Alliance vs International Brands
The battlefield of patents are more and more the place where competitors are vying for market share. China has become the world’s largest market for smart phones in the third quarter of 2011, according to Strategy Analytics. Some Chinese smartphone makers, including Lenovo, … Continue reading
Hong Kong’s Original Grant Patent, Reciprocity And Hong Kong’s Future As Legal Hub
On the last day one can send his or her opinion on the patent registration system in Hong Kong to the government, you will find an overview of what we can expect and what we can hope for. The patent system … Continue reading
Tagged consultation paper., EPO, Hong Kong, Macao, Mainland and HK Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement, OGP, patent law, Professor Alice Lee, Professor Michael Pendleton, Singapore, SIPO, UKPO
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Bizarre Chinese Brand Approved By Pro-Life and Pro-Choice
Sometimes it is better to avoid literal translations. This might be an example: 金 jīn 胚 pēi 玉 yù 米 mǐ 油 yóu = gold embryo corn oil. The association with embryos, even if they are golden, and corn oil, is probably not the most conducive to whet … Continue reading
Tagged brand, China, Gold Embryo Corn Oil, trademark, 金胚玉米油
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Will the iPad Trademark Be Apple’s Forbidden Fruit?
Must Apple resellers in Dongmen, Shenzhen stop selling iPads?Photo: Danny Friedmann Kathrin Hille wrote for the Financial Times (FT) that (mother company) Proview Electronics of Taiwan agreed to sell Apple the “global trademark” for the iPad name for 35,000 UK … Continue reading
Tagged Apple, declaration of invalidity, Grandall, Guangdong Guanghe, Huizhou Intermediate People's Court, iPad, Ms Kathrin Hille, Proview Electronics, Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court, Taiwan
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Chongqing Chaotianmen Different From Singapore Marina Sands Bay Architecture
In Chongqing, at Chaotianmen, at the Jiefangbei peninsula where the Yangtze and Jialing rivers come together, the complex designed by architect Moshe Safdie will be build. It is “an almost literal copy of their Marina Sands Bay scheme in Singapore”, according … Continue reading
Tagged architecture, Bert van Dijk, Chongqing, Chongqing Chaotianmen, Daan Roggeveen, Marina Sands Bay, Moshe Safdie, self-plagiarizing, Singapore
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China Wants Legally-Binding Climate Agreement, But Has Many Demands
The degradation of the environment is China’s biggest challenge. Remember March of this year (2011), when the Chinese government released its 12th Five-Year Plan it emphasised sustainable economic growth and came up with policy objectives and quantitative targets that foster … Continue reading
Tagged compulsory license, COP 17, Durban, environment, green, green innovation, Kyoto, patents, technology transfer, UN, Xie Zhenhua
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Think IP Strategy Workshop 23 November 2011 Shanghai
By Mathijs van Basten Batenburg On this early morning (November 23, 2011) I visited a workshop that the consultancy “Think IP Strategy” (TIS) was so kind to provide in Shanghai. The audience consisted mainly of IP counsels of larger corporations … Continue reading
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Outsmart the Outlaw
“The Art of Strategy”By Michiel Tjoe-Awie For today (November 24) Danny Friedmann has asked me to attend a workshop in Beijing that focuses on protecting patents. The presentation is hold by Duncan Bucknell (CEO) and Shang A Peng from “Think … Continue reading
Tagged IP Dragon
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Patents, Trade and Innovation in China, December 13, 2011 George Washington Law School
George Washington University Law School and Fordham Law School have organised a public discussion on “Patents, Trade and Innovation in China.” The goal is conveying practical Strategies for engaging China. When: December 13, 2011 Where: George Washington Law School. Who … Continue reading
Tagged Chief Judge Rader, Fordham Law School, George Washington Law School, Mr David Kappos, Professor Carl Minzner, Professor Mark Cohen
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Shenzhen Intellectual Property Index Starts Before Hong Kong’s
Race has only just begun, everything is still possible… Congratulations to Shenzhen with its own IP Index. There is a fierce competition going on between Asian cities to become the IP hub of Asia. And have your own IP index is … Continue reading
Hu in Honolulu: Reform into Open Green Innovative Economy
During the CEO summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) in Honolulu on November 12, China’s president Hu Jintao announced 4 points to continue economic growth. All points are relevant to intellectual property rights. deepen economic structural reform; grow a green … Continue reading
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Is American Superconductor Fighting Chinese Windmills?
Don Quixote: “Do you see over yonder, friend Sancho, thirty or forty hulking giants?” Sancho Panza: “What giants?” In Don Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes’ masterpiece (1605 part I, 1615 part II) … Continue reading
Tagged American Superconductor, Boston Globe, copyright infringement, Don Quixote, Erin Ailworth, patent infringement, Sinovel Wind Group, trade secret
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Think IP Strategy Has A Free Seminar in Shanghai and Beijing
Think IP Strategy has two promising events: November 23 in Shanghai November 24 in Beijing Three topics will be dealt with:– Building a first class IP Strategy for a Product;– Establishing Global IP Freedom of Action to Compete on the … Continue reading
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Crazy Copyright Infringement Or Ga Ga Transformative use?
In the category OMG: Shanghaiist has another interesting post. See here. Hat tip to Ron Yu.
Tagged IP Dragon
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Star-struck and Creatively Challenged Movie Poster
A U.S. movie and Taiwanese movie poster both use the sky of Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh. Independently created? I have seen both movies, and beside the poster, they have nothing in common. Woody Allen’s Midnight in ParisSeptember 2011 … Continue reading
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Chinese Trade Secret Cases via Internet Might Be Tip of The Iceberg
Foreign Spies Stealing US Secrets In Cyberspace, Report to Congress on Foreign Economic Collection and Industrial Espionage 2009-2011 is published this October, see here. In the report both China and Russia were named as the most important culprits in the … Continue reading
Tagged Boeing, congress, corporate trade secrets, David Yen Lee, Dongfan Chung, DuPont, Ford, industrial espionage, Men Hong, Mike Yu, Rockwell, Russia, trade secret, U.S., Valspar Corporation, Yu Xiang Dong
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The Nissan That Became a Lamborghini Not Confiscated For Likelihood of Confusion
This Summer Bertel Smitt reported for the Truth About Cars about a Kunming barber who changed exterior of his Nissan Bluebird into a Lamborghini Aventador. The police confiscated the car. But not because of intellectual property rights infringements (based on … Continue reading
Tagged counterfeit trademark, Kunming, Lamborghini, likelihood of confusion, Nissan
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Taiwan Dead Serious About Copyright On Funeral Music
Ralph Jennings reported for the Voice of America about two lawsuits of Taiwanese studios against funeral houses in Taichung. Mr Jennings writes: “Taiwanese funeral homes play pre-recorded music at traditional ceremonies, some of which also involve live bands and street parades … Continue reading
Tagged Christopher Heath, copyright collecting societies, Copyright Law, karaoke, Lin Shu-hui, Professor Kung-Chung Liu, Ralph Jennings, Taipei Times, Taiwan, TIPO, Voice of America, Wang Mei-hua
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You Want To See The Arc de Triomphe? Come To Huaxi Village
If you are Chinese it is not so easy to get a visa to travel to some countries around the world. I suggest that the U.S. and the countries within the European Union might want to revise their policy, since … Continue reading
Tagged architecture, Huaxi village, Jiangsu, model socialist village, replica, Wen Renbao, 华西村
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Independent Creation Valid Defense Against Copyright Infringement
Jonathan Mak, design student at Hong Kong Polytechnic University School of Design said that he did not rip-off the idea for the Apple tribute in which you can distinguish the silhouette of the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. Invisible Gold in … Continue reading
Tagged Apple, copyright infringement, Facebook, Hong Kong, independent creation, Invisible Gold in Asia Creating Wealth Through Intellectual Property, Jonathan Mak, logo, professor David Llewelyn, Raid 71, Steve Jobs
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Steve Jobs on Creativity: Be Bored, Become Curious and Change The World
Steve Jobs, visionary leader of Apple has passed away. His legacy is enormous. Whole new product categories, new way to think about consumer products and processes. There is also a lot one can learn from his words of wisdom. In Steven … Continue reading
Tagged Apple, creativity, Steve Jobs
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Chinese Brands Not Cool In UK? ……… Overseas Chinese Show The Way
CoolBrands has orchestrated an expert panel and public vote to select the most cool brands in Britain. No Chinese brands in the top 20, and not even nominated. In the list of nominations one can find Wagamama, founded by Alan … Continue reading
Tagged Alan Lau, Jimmie Choo, top brands, UK, Wagamama, 丘德威, 周仰杰
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Should Hong Kong (Also) Get Its Own “Normal” Patent System?
Hong Kong’s patent system spinning…Whirlpool in middle of flag, a suitable symbol So far Hong Kong’s patent system has been mainly a re-registration system of Chinese patents, United Kingdom patents or European patents. Yesterday, October 4, 2011, the Hong Kong government … Continue reading
Tagged consultation paper., Hong Kong, Hong Kong patent system, patent reform
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Countries That Spend Most On R&D: Where Is China?
The Economist came October 1, 2011, with the 2009 statistics on countries that spent most on Research & Development as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (broken down by investments of businesses, educational institutions or government), and the statistics of … Continue reading
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Research on Equipment Manufacturing Industry China: IPR Significant Impact on Transition From Imitative To Independent Innovation
The Journal of Technology Management in China (Vol. 6 No. 3, 2011, p 257-266) has an interesting article A study of the evolutionary path of technological innovation modes in the equipment manufacturingindustry of China written by Yuan Yi-jun and Lv Cui-jie (Department of Economics, Dalian … Continue reading
Tagged Dalian University of Technology, independent intellectual property in China, innovation, Lv Cui-jie, technology transfer, Yuan Yi-jun
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Netac President Complains About Unequal Treatment Overseas Patents
Netac Technology, the first Chinese company that sued a U.S. company (Texas PNY Technologies) for patent infringement in 2006, and which settled out of court, expects that it has protected its IPR in all important markets by 2015. Cheng Xiao-hua, … Continue reading
Tagged China Daily, Netac, patent application, patent examination, PTY Technologies, Zhang Shiyi
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Looking into the Back Mirror: “If I Were For Real”
If I were for real, is a 1981 Taiwanese movie (including Hong Kong teams) that was censored in Hong Kong when it was still a British crown colony, because it was deemed too critical about the privileged life of the … Continue reading
Tagged Alan Tam, censorship, counterfeit trademark, fake liquor, Hong Kong, If I were for real, Madonna, Mao Tai, Taiwan, 茅台酒
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Innovative Enforcement of Trademark and Copyright Infringement by LVMH
What to do when the trademarks and copyrights of your luxury products are infringed by Chinese companies that sell these products online to, for example, U.S. consumers. You can go after the source: using Chinese customs, the administrative, criminal or … Continue reading
Tagged Akanoc Solutions, contributory liability, copyright infringement, counterfeit trademark, LVMH, Managed Solutions Group, Ninth Circuit, USA
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Canton Fair Tries To Become More Fair In IPR Protection, Problems Remain
By Michiel Tjoe-Awie Canton Fair is the biggest show on earth. It shows more kinds of products then one can think off and is also known as “The” China Import and Export Fair. But for many manufacturers the fair comes … Continue reading
Tagged Canton Fair, China Daily, fairs and exhibitions, intellectual property infringement, Protection Measures for IPR during Exhibitions PR of China, Zhou Sufen
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Sino-U.S. Investment Vehicle To Bring U.S. Medicines Into Chinese Pharmaceutical Market
In the U.S. the pharmaceutical industry has proprietary technology, but China has enough financial resources and a huge domestic market. Therefore an opportunity presents itself for those who can bridge these two markets. Michelle Jarboe McFee has an interesting article … Continue reading
Tagged Cleveland Bio Fund, Ernst and Young, investments, Jones Day, Newsummit Pharmaceutical Group, patent law, pharmaceutical industry
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Corrupting Our Youth One Sing Contest At A Time, and Time-Travelling Still Possible
Super girl, o boy o boy! In the year 399 BC, Socrates was sentenced to death by drinking a cup of Hemlock, because he corrupted the youth. In hind sight we hold his contribution to educate the population in high … Continue reading
Tagged censorship, copyright piracy, culture, knock-off, market access restriction, movies, SARFT, Source Code, Super Girl, time travelling, WTO
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Chinese Trademarks Visible, But Have By Far Not Met Their Potential
In absolute numbers China might be in almost all aspects a giant. But in relative sense this does not need to be the case. Example: China has 5 million registered trademarks. But only one out of 10 market entities owns … Continue reading
Tagged brand, famous brand, most valuable brands, SAIC, Southwest University of Political Science and Law, top brands, trademark in China, WIPO
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How To Cure The Distribution Channel of Pharmaceuticals Which Includes Counterfeit Products
Business Research Yearbook, (chief editor Margaret Goralski) 2011 is out. The subtitle is “Balancing Profitability and Sustainability: Shaping the Future of Business”. It includes “Problems of Counterfeit International Pharmaceutical Products” by Branko Cavarkapa (Eastern Connecticut State University) and Michael G. Harvey (University of Mississippi … Continue reading
Tagged Branko Cavarkapa, counterfeit products, fake medicine, Michael Harvey, pharmaceutical industry
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What R&D Is Being Done And Where In China: An Inventorisation Of Science Parks
Richard Jun Lin, Xavier Xie (analysers), Zhuo Zhang, Jerold Wang and Chris Hartshorn (data contributors) have worked on a project to inventorise China’s 1,531 provincial and national-level industry parks: ‘Seeing the Forest and the Trees: Navigating China’s Industry Park Innovation … Continue reading
Tagged innovation, patents, research and development
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Chinese Brands in U.K. and U.S.
According to IPR.gov.cn, the first half year of 2011, the volume of Sino-British bilateral trade grew to $25.5 billion, an increase of 16 percent year-on-year. China’s brands active in Britain are part of this success. CRI’s Zhang Ru wrote: “China’s … Continue reading
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SONY or SONT confusion in Shenzhen
SONT or SONY likelihood of confusionPhoto: Danny friedmann Shenzhen SongTian Technology Development Co., a company manufacturing tantalum capacitators (used in electronic accessories) changed their logo they came up with SONT. See their old and new logo here. Likelihood of confusion … Continue reading
Tagged counterfeit trademark, SONT, Sony
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Patent Law: What is the best mode for the best mode disclosure requirement?
Bingbin Lu has an interesting short paper (9 pages only) on the best mode disclosure for patent applications. The author is answering two questions: whether a developing country should implement the best mode disclosure requirement and if so, how to … Continue reading
Tagged article 29 TRIPs, Bingbin Lu, Implementing Regulations of the Patent Law 2010, Patent Law PR of China, SIPO, 专利
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Does Changsha Windows of the World Infringe Angry Birds’ IPRs
The online game Angry Bird is a hit but as China Hearsay’s Stan Abram notices not only online. He is asking whether the software developer of Angry Birds, Rovio, should not become well, angry when its IPRs are being infringed … Continue reading
Tagged Angry Birds, Changsha, China Hearsay, Hunan, online games, Rovio, Stan Abrams, Windows of the World Park
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Sword Is Going After The Counterfeit Source
“The Way of the Sword is from the beginning difficult to learn. Like a Dragon or Rainbow it is subtle and mysterious. Should it be used like a hacking Sabre, the immortal Zhang Sanfeng die of laughter.“ Photo: Danny Friedmann … Continue reading
Tagged Bright Sword, counterfeit, enforcement, mass campaigns, Ministry of Public Security
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Complaining about Taobao’s IPR Complaint System and a MOU
When the International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) testified for the USCC Hearing on “China’s Intellectual Property Rights and Indigenous Innovation Policy,” April 25, 2011, it focused on the software and recorded music industry. However, they also wrote a letter about the … Continue reading
Tagged Alibaba, copyright infringement, IIPA, International Publishers Copyright Protection Coalition, MOU, online copyrights, online service providers, QBPC, Taobao
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Does Drinking GI Protected Oolong Tea Help The Local Farmers?
What are the economic effects of Geographical Indications (GIs) on developing country producers? Deepthi Elizabeth Kolady (Research collaborator with International Food Policy Research Institute; visiting fellow at Cornell University), William Henri Lesser (Professor at the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, … Continue reading
Tagged Chunhui Ye, Cornell, Deepthi Elizabeth Kolady, geographical indications, Oolong, tea, William Henri Lesser, Zhejiang University
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Landmark in IP (Part I Cases)
Exceptional cases might not be exemplary casesthen again: the extraordinary can shine a light on the ordinary Messrs Anselm Kamperman Sanders and Christopher Heath, decade long organisers of and contributors to the leading intellectual property (IP) seminar in Macau, have now written a chapter … Continue reading
Tagged Alain Strowel, Aldo Nicotra, André Bertrand, Anselm Kamperman Sanders, Christopher Heath, Kung-Chung Liu, Matthew Fisher, Matthias Leistner, Peter K. Yu, Severin de Wit, Vicky Hanley
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Beijing News Victorious Over iPad app Developer Minesage, But What About The Limitations on Rights?
Beijing Haidian District People’s Court ruled that software developer Minesage, who offered an iPad application to read newspapers, must stop these activities and pay 100,000 Renminbi (around 10,000 Euro).Hao Nan of the China Daily reports here that the Beijing News … Continue reading
Tagged Beijing Haidian Disctrict People's Court, Beijing News, Copyright Law PR of China, Minesage
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Lessons From WikiLeaks About Apple’s Intellectual Property Enforcement in China
Mark Milan of CNN has read the Wikileaks cable from the U.S. Beijing embassy on Apple, read here, see original text here. WikiLeaks cored Apple in China The Wikileaks suggest that Apple, in regard to the enforcement of intellectual property … Continue reading
Tagged Apple, CNN, Forbes, landlords case, local protectionism, Mr Mark Milan, Philip Elmer-De Witt, WikiLeaks
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Taiwan Shining Intellectual Property Blueprint For China Or Wishful Thinking?
What works for Taiwan, does (not)necessarily works for China,and vice versa. During the press conference for the “Piracy Out, Competitiveness Up” campaign in Taipei (Taiwan) the chief secretary of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Hung Shu-min said that Taiwan could be … Continue reading
Guest Column: Eddie Tao’s Reflections on Working for Apple, Steve Jobs, Inspiration, Innovation and Intellectual Property
Eddie Tao: “Co-design is not how Apple likes to work.” Dear readers of IP Dragon, IP Dragon (aka Danny), a long time friend of mine asked me to consider writing some notes about the latest news about Apple’s CEO, Steve Jobs. … Continue reading
Tagged Apple, Eddie Tao, Foxconn, guest article, Inventec, LG, Samsung, Steve Jobs, trade secret
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Free Seminar Shanghai: Intellectual Property in China That Protects Clean Technologies
The British Chamber of Commerce Shanghai announces an afternoon seminar Clean air, clean technology and clean IPR also needed in Shenzhenthis afternoonPhoto: Danny Friedmann ‘Protecting Clean Technologies: Intellectual Property in China’ organised by China IPR SME Helpdesk. Peter Corne, chair of the Energy … Continue reading
Tagged British Chamber of Commerce Shanghai, China IPR-SME Helpdesk, clean energy, Dorsey and Whitney, Peter Corne, Shanghai
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China’s Exports Moved Up the Value Ladder, EIU Report Underlines Dragons at the Door Thesis
Exports no longer only from coastal provincesPhoto: Danny Friedmann ‘Heavy duty, China’s next wave of exports‘, is a insightful concise report (17 pages) from the Economist Intelligence Unit. It sheds light how the Chinese equipment manufacturing industry is climbing the … Continue reading
Tagged Changsha, Dragons at your Door, Economic Intelligence Unit, Hunan, Jiangsu, OECD, Professor Ming Zeng, Professor Peter Williamson, Sany, Sunward, Xugong, Xuzhou, Zoomlion
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