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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
Prepositions in China Product Labels Tell It All: Good Bye Country of Origin, Hello Country of Destination
1 articles to go: IP Dragon on its way to its 1,000th article The world is flat according to Thomas Friedman, and therefore the determination of the country of origin of most products is becoming more complex. So what should … Continue reading
Tagged China Daily, Danny Friedmann, Dirk Lammers, Jin Zhu, Made In China, Mr Pascal Lamy, Mr Thomas Friedman, MSNBC, WTO, 中国制造
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HKPC Grants 100 mln HK Dollar: But What Is So Innovative About A Reverse-Engineered Seat For An Outdated Plane?
2 articles to go: IP Dragon on its way to its 1000th article Jake van der Kamp, columnist of Jake’s View in the South China Morning Post is filleting Hong Kong Productivity Council (HKPC)’s decision to grant 10 million HK … Continue reading
Tagged A340, Airbus, HKPC, Jake van der Kamp, SCMP, Simpson Cheung
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Innovative Copycats? MIIT Vice Minister’s Remark On Piggybacking of Innovative Copycats
3 articles to go: IP Dragon on its way to its 1,000th article Adam Smith of World Trademark Review wrote a column about China’s Vice Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) Yang Xueshan, who made a … Continue reading
Tagged copycat, Danny Friedmann, innovation, Mr Adam Smith, Vice Minister Yang Xueshan, World Trademark Review
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IP Dragon Book Review: Poorly Made In China
Paul Midler‘s book Poorly Made in China is remarkable. He not only wrote a first hand account of the challenges companies face when they manufacture their products in China, but did it in a lucid, literary style, something you would … Continue reading
Tagged counterfeit, culture, intellectual property in China, Paul Midler, Poorly Made In China, third shift
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WikiLeaks U.S. Cable: “Chinese Government Ordered Hack Google”
Ellen Nakashima of the Washington Post wrote: “The penetrations resulted in the theft of “significant” intellectual property, Google officials said.” Read her article her. Whether it is true or not is unsure: the source is anonymous and the leaker too … Continue reading
Tagged Ellen Nakashima, Google, google.cn, intellectual property infringement, Washington Post, WikiLeaks
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Music in China Business Model: Life Without Oxygen Possible?
6 articles to go: IP Dragon on its way to its 1000th article NASA discovered that life can exist even without the 6 building blocks that were presumed crucial; carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus and sulfur, read here. In the … Continue reading
Tagged Baidu, business model, Economist, Hans Klaufus, Mikołaj Rogowski, music, NASA, Spock, Star Trek, Top100.cn
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Consolidation of China’s Internet Market Will Breed Better IPR Protection and Enforcement
7 articles to go: IP Dragon on its way to its 1000th article China Knowledge@Wharton, a bi-weekly online resource, has an interesting overview article about the Land-Grab Mentality: The Cutthroat Competition on China’s Internet. Mark Natkin, managing director of Marbridge … Continue reading
Tagged Analysys, Baidu, CTrip, Edward Yu, Expedia, Marbridge Consulting, Mark Natkin, Travelocity
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Did BAIC Know It Was Joyriding With Ford’s Trade Secrets?
8 articles to go: IP Dragon on its way to its 1000th article November 17, 2010 Xiang Dong Yu, an automobile engineer who worked for Ford Motor Corporation from 1997-2007, pleaded guilty to two counts of theft of trade secrets, … Continue reading
Tagged action for breach of confidentiality, automotive industry, BAIC, FBI, Ford, Hong Kong, Marisa Anne Pagnattaro, Professor Michael Pendleton, trade secret, US Department of Justice
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How Green Should Patents in China Be? Poisonous Green
9 articles to go: IP Dragon on its way to its 1000th article If you live in China, you will easily see one of its biggest problems: pollution. In China car manufacturers claim that they are unable to produce low-cost … Continue reading
Tagged automotive industry, compulsory license, ISIS, Mauricio Bauermann Guaragna, open source, Patent Law 2008, University of British Columbia, WBCSD
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Why China Is Preferred Over India By The U.S. Pharmaceutical Industry
10 articles to go: IP Dragon on its way to its 1000th article Joseph Alexander wrote for Pharmabiz.com that the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of Amercia (PhRMA) choose for the China Pharmaceutical Industry Research and Development Association (SINO-PhIRDA) to cooperate … Continue reading
Tagged India, Joseph Alexander, Pharmabiz.com, pharmaceutical industry, PhRMA, prakruthip, Prashant Reddy, SINO-PhIRDA, Spicy IP
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Parasitizing Trademarks of Drugs in China Breeds Resistant Malaria Parasite
World Health Organisation (WHO) officials say that counterfeit drugs and poor storage are endangering the health of millions of people in Asia. Ron Corben wrote for Voice Of Amercia the article WTO Fears Growing Malaria Drug Resistance May Be Spreading … Continue reading
Tagged Burma, Cambodia, China, counterfeit drugs, Jill McGivering, malaria, parasitizing, Ron Corben, Simeon Bennett, Thailand, Voice of America, WHO
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Tian Lipu: “No Plagiarism ’cause China’s High Speed Rail Systems Climb Mountains”
At the ‘Third Intellectual Property and Urban Development Mayor Forum’, November 22, 2010, the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) commissioner Tian Lipu refuted allegations that China’s high speed rail systems are based on plagiarism. See IP Dragon’ article ‘Knowledge Transfer … Continue reading
Tagged plagiarism, SIPO, Tian Lipu, train
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IP Dragon 5 Years: Never A Dull Moment
Today it is exactly five years ago that I started with IP Dragon. Since its inception I got a lot of interesting feedback from readers. The readers are the very motivation for me to keep going with the blog. When … Continue reading
Tagged IP Dragon
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Copied Gun Manufacturer Starts Campaign Against Manufacturers of Copied Copied Guns
MadBull Airsoft launched Operation Copycat’, a campaign against counterfeit and cloned airsoft (in between real and toy) guns, read here. “The enforcement of intellectual properties of gun manufacturers and gear makers in airsoft has been ongoing for sometime now. We … Continue reading
Tagged copyright, design rights, MadBull Airsoft, trademark
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In Honour of The Great Bruce Lee 李小龍: Fight For Trademark Protection in China and U.S.
Today it is 70 years ago that the great Bruce Lee 李 (Li=Lee)小(Xiao=little) 龍 (Long=dragon) to whom IP Dragon feels related in spirit, was born in San Francisco. He grew up in Hong Kong until his teens, then went back … Continue reading
Tagged Bruce Lee, Bruce Lee Enterprises, Lanham Act, Ms Shannon Lee, Publicity Rights, SAIC, Trademark Law
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Knowledge Transfer in China: How To Train The Dragon To Consume You
Professor Pierre Sauvé, deputy managing director, director of studies and faculty member at the World Trade Institute (WTI), Switzerland gave a very interesting guest research lecture at CUHK November 24, 2010: “Waiting for Godot? The troubled prospects of (coherent) multilateralism … Continue reading
Tagged Financial Times, Kawasaki, Leslie Hook, Professor Pierre Sauvé, Professor Prankaj Ghemawat, Professor Thomas Hout, Siemens, standards, technology transfer, ThyssenKrupp, Westinghouse Electric, WTI
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Taiwan Makes Priority Claims in Other Countries Possible In The Patent, Trademark and Plant Variety and Plant Seed Acts
Taiwan Intellectual Property Organization (TIPO) announced that the Presidential Office promulgated the amendments of some IPR laws on August 25, 2010, that makes priority claims possible in other countries. The amendments went into force on September 12, 2010. Implementing a … Continue reading
Tagged priority claim, Taiwan, Taiwan Patent Act, Taiwan Plant Variety and Seed Act, Taiwan Trademark Act, TIPO, WTO
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Trademark/Copyright Use or Abuse: Coca-Cola in Hong Kong
Do you think this use of the trademark should be allowed. “Immoral to drink sweat and blood. Coca-Cola.” Photo taken from the wall at Franklin Centre at CUHK Campus in Shatin, Hong Kong. It is in protest against alleged bad … Continue reading
China Launched 10-Year National Patent Development Strategy
During the 4th China Patent Week China launched the National Patent Development Strategy (2011-2020). The strategy focuses on: International cooperation in patent protection and utilisation; preferential policies to encourage R&D by high-tech companies, research institutes and colleges; Overseas IP websites … Continue reading
Tagged China Daily, China Patent Week, Hao Nan, indigenous innovation, National Patent Development Strategy, patent law, patent trading, research and development
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Monday Meditations on IPR in China
Gouzou de la Réunion Author: Bouette “Counterfeiters and copyright pirates in China respect intellectual property. They merely wish the intellectual property to become their intellectual property that they may more perfectly respect it.” Paraphrasing the controversial G.K. Chesterton UPDATE November … Continue reading
Tagged Bouette, G.K. Chesterton, Monday Meditations on IPR in China
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Why Kaixin001 Might Not Be Too Happy About Its Victory Over Oak Pacific Interactive
Social media site Kaixin001‘s content was copyied by Oak Pacific Interactive (who owns social media site Ren Ren). It was put online under the domain name Kaxin. Beijing No. 2 Intermediate People’s Court ruled that Oak Pacific Interactive should pay … Continue reading
Tagged Beijing No.2 Intermediate People's Court, Facebook, Great Chinese Firewall, Kaixin, Kaixin001, LinkedIn, Oak Pacific Interactive, renren, Xinhua, 人人网, 开心网
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USCBC Members’ Perception: Progress of IPR Enforcement in China Marginal
The US-China Business Council (USCBC) released the 2010 Member Priorities Survey Results. Top 10 concerns cited by USCBC member companies: 1. Human resources: talent recruitment and retention (tie) 1. Administrative licensing, business, and product approvals (tie) 1. Competition with state-owned … Continue reading
Tagged IPR enforcement in China, statistics, survey, USCBC
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China Recognises Scotch Whisky as Geographical Indication
Great victory for the Scotch Whisky Association. “Scotch Whisky’s registration as a GI in China – recognising Scotch Whisky can only be made in Scotland – is the culmination of three years of discussions between The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) … Continue reading
Tagged geographical indications, Scotch Whisky Association
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IP Dragon Chosen As One of the “25 Blogs Chinese Advertisers Should Read”
Normandy Madden composed a list of 25 blogs Chinese advertisers should read for Advertising Age: “Blogging has become a national obsession in China, with over 50 million Chinese regularly contributing to local blog sites. A handful of these sites are … Continue reading
Tagged Advertising Age, Blogger, Ms Normandy Madden
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IP Dragon Featured As Top 50 Patent Blog
IP Dragon was informed by the Guide to Online Schools that it was on the list of Top 50 Patent Blog. Thank you for the encouragement. Click on the banner to see the complete list.
Tagged Guide to Online Schools, patent, Top 50 Patent Blog
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More Chinese Trademarks More Vehicles of Innovation = More Innovation?
China Hearsay’s Stan Abrams takes a critical look at statistics about trademark registrations in China. He is rightly filleting the alleged relationship between increased trademark registrations and a growing awareness of trademark protection among Chinese entreprises, read more here. However … Continue reading
Tagged innovation, IPR in China, Stan Abrams, statistics, trademark
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Best of Google’s White Paper: Censorship is Hurting China’s Economy
Intellectual property and market access are interdependent subjects. If there is a barrier to the free flow of information (the market access is challenged, regulated or censored when it refers to copyrighted goods), no intellectual property can be exploited and … Continue reading
Tagged censorship, Google, Google and censorship, Ms Cade Metz, Ronald Yu, The Register, TRIPs, white paper, WTO
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Hotlines IPR in China
IPR Focus of IPR.gov.cn has announced that legal aid centres on IPR will participate in the ‘Special Campaign on Combating IPR Infringement and Manufacture and Sales of Counterfeiting and Shoddy Commodities’ via the following phone numbers: 12330: specialised public benefit … Continue reading
Tagged hotlines, IPR in China, phones, Special Campaign on Combating IPR Infringement and Manufacture and Sales of Counterfeiting and Shoddy Commodities
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Another Mass IPR Campaign in China: Groundhog Day All Over Again
China’s Ministry of Culture announced that it has launched an IPR campaign that cracks down on counterfeit products and needs to raise awareness about IPR protection. It focuses on karaoke bars, websites, online-games, internet cares, animation and artistic products. Read … Continue reading
Tagged counterfeit, IPR in China, karaoke, mass campaigns, Ministry of Culture, Special Campaign on Combating IPR Infringement and Manufacture and Sales of Counterfeiting and Shoddy Commodities
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Are Intellectual Property Rights A Subspecies of Human Rights?
Damian Reece, Head of Business of The Telegraph was commenting David Cameron’s trip to China. According to Mr Reece his timing to talk about human rights was wrong and therefore counterproductive. Instead, writes Mr Reece, he should have focused on … Continue reading
Tagged Damian Reece, David Cameron, human rights, Paul Torremans, Professor Daniel Gervais, professor Peter K. Yu, The Telegraph, William Alford
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Why The Chinese Educational System Is Not More Conducive To Creativity: Some Hypotheses
China is the country with the most creative people in the world. That is a truism in a country with 1.3 billion people. In the past China showed the world the way to creativity: compass, gunpowder, papermaking and printing, all … Continue reading
IP Dragon’s Book Review: Invisible Gold in Asia
Professor David Llewelyn (King’s College London and IP Academy, Singapore) wrote an exceptional book that will appeal to both laypeople and IP professionals. Although Invisible Gold in Asia does not aim to be a scholarly book (for example there are … Continue reading
Tagged book review, Brand Hong Kong, Haier, Huawei, IP Academy, IPR in China, King's College, Li-Ning, Mengniu, professor David Llewelyn, Singapore, Taiwan, ZTE
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Film Work Collective Copyright Management Use Fee Transfer Payment Rules
Remember that the National Copyright Administration of China (NCAC) promulgated rules for operators of internet cafes, planes, trains and automobiles have to start pay royalties for showing Chinese movies to the China Film Copyright Association. Read Hard Choice? Chinese Internet … Continue reading
Tagged China Film Copyright Association, copyright, Film Work Collective Copyright Management Use Fee Transfer Payment Rules, IPR in China, NCAC
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SOSFakeFlash Cannot Forget: “Fighting Toward A Fake Flash Drive Free World”
SOSFakeFlash, is an interesting initiative. It is a site fighting “Toward a Fake Flash Drive Free World – No More Counterfeits – No More Data Loss” where people can report vendors of fake flash USB drives and MP players.For example … Continue reading
Tagged counterfeit flash drives, eBay, flash USB drive, IPR in China, MP players, SOSFakeFlash
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Fake Medicines Advertised on Taiwanese TV, Radio and in Newspapers
Taiwan’s Health Minister Yang Chih-liang warns that the public should not believe TV, radio and newspaper advertisments selling fake pharmaceuticals. Minister Yang called the proliferation of counterfeit drugs more serious than drug trafficking. Read the China Post article here.
Tagged China Post, counterfeit drugs, Minister Yang Chih-liang, pharmaceutical industry, Taiwan
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November 17: USCC Report about Indigenous Innovation, WTO and Disclosure Requirements
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) will release its 2010 Report to Congress at a press conference Wednesday, November 17. Among the topics in the 316-page report will be about: National defense and foreign affairs and energy and environmental … Continue reading
Tagged disclosure requirement, indigenous innovation, report, USCC, WTO
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How To Get The Copyright When You Commission a Work in China?
Xu Hui-Meng of the Henan University of Finance and Economics, Zhengzhou, wrote in May of 2010 the article: ‘The research on the nature of the agreement of the ownership of the copyright of the commissioned works‘ for the Journal of … Continue reading
Message of Blog Urges State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping “To Clarify” Intellectual Property Rights Position
Jia Li of the People’s Daily reported that the State Bureau of Surveying and Maps (SBSM) announced that the Map World, a Chinese public platform for national geographical information was released on October 21, 2010 and was considered a web … Continue reading
Tagged Blogger, Google Maps, Jia Li, People's Daily, SBSM
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Wise Advice From the Aeronautics Industry about IP
Boeing and Airbus see new competitors approaching, which includes China’s Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China Ltd. (Comac) although whose inaugural model C919 might not be competitive outside China, for now. Carolyn Corvi, board member at aircraft supplier Goodrich Corp. was … Continue reading
Tagged aeronautics, Airbus, Boeing, Comac, Goodrich Corporation, Ms Aubrey Cohen, Seattlepi.com
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China’s Efforts To Promote a Culture for IPR and IPR Exploitation
Zhong Yonghua, official of the Legal Affairs Department of the State Intellectual Property Organisation (SIPO) gave a presentation at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum in the Japanese city Sendai, last September, 2010, which included information about how China is … Continue reading
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Professors Feng, Liu, Li, Lee and Sun: Enhanging IP Protection in Greater China
The University of Hong Kong organised another great event: Enhancing intellectual property protection in Greater China: Contemporary Issues and Critical Analysis. Professor Kung-Chung Liu, research fellow, Institutum Jurisprudentiae, Academica Sinica: spoke about “ECFA and IPR protection between China and Taiwan”. … Continue reading
Tagged Alice Lee, Chunghwa Telecom, Dr. Yahong Li, ECFA, Haochen Su, Professor Kung-Chung Liu, Professor Peter Feng, Taiwan Beer, University of Hong Kong
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IP Enforcement in China: IP Dragon’s Presentation
This author (middle in the picture) gave a presentation at the 2nd Annual IPR seminar “Managing your IPR as a Business Asset” at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on June 25, 2010, which was funded by the European … Continue reading
Hard Choice? Chinese Internet Café Owners/Transport Operators Can Choose Between Paying For Chinese Movies Or Using Free Pirated Foreign Movies
Starting January 1, 2011, the China Film Copyright Association (CFCA) will charge money for the use of film works in internet cafés, on airplanes, ships and in buses and trains. They will start with eight municipalities and provinces, including Beijing, … Continue reading
Tagged China Film Copyright Association, Copyright Collective Management Regulations, copyright piracy, film, National Copyright Association of China, NCAC
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International Intellectual Property Summit in Hong Kong
Interpol, Hong Kong Customs & Excise Department and Underwriters Laboratories hosted the International Intellectual Property Summit in Hong Kong One of the speakers on October 18, was the US attorney general, Eric Holder. Besides, emphasising the consequences of counterfeiting and … Continue reading
Tagged Brand Hong Kong, International Intellectual Property Summit, Interpol, Mr Eric Holder, U.S. Attorney General, Underwriters Laboratories, Victoria Espinel
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Acrobats Show The Way of Doing Business in China: Register IPRs and Join Competition (No Need To Be Contortionist Though)
You have to have courage when you come to China, the cradle of incredible acrobatics, and vie for attention for your own acrobatic performances. Cirque du Soleil lacks no self-confidence, meticulously prepared and is now ready for any competition. Nick … Continue reading
Tagged Canada, China Business Council, Cirque du Soleil, CTV, performing artists, Sarah Kutulakos
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Surrealistic Copyright Infringement During Design Contest TIPO: Work Shattered, But the Truth Came Out
China National News reported the most surreal news IP Dragon has read for a long time. The Taiwanese Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) organised a design competition. The purpose was to make the public respect the intellectual property of other people. … Continue reading
Tagged copyright infringement, DAMNENGINE, Dennis Sibeijn, Taiwan, TIPO, Wu Chih-Wei
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Swiss Watches: 50 Percent Chinese, 50 Percent Swiss
When can you call a watch a Swiss watch? According to the Swiss law (Verordnung vom 23. Dezember 1971 über die Benützung des Schweizer Namens für Uhren) when: – its movement is Swiss, cased up in Switzerland and the manufacturer … Continue reading
Tagged counterfeit watches, Federation of Swiss Watch Industry, FH, Neil Gough, SCMP, Swiss made, Swissness, Switzerland
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Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!
First of all Happy Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋節 to you all! For those of you who did not have the pleasure of staring to the moon together with hundreds of picknicking and moon cake eating families in Victoria park here is … Continue reading
Tagged DS362, intellectual property enforcement, local, professor Peter K. Yu, U.S. Library of Congress
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Chinese Coffee Cats, Obscene Brand “Star Tuuuut” and the Difference Between B and F
Do you remember the Starbucks versus Xingbake case? See here. But there are many more coffee(copy)cats in China, see here. Confusion between the Starbucks and Star tuuuut might has a lot to do with culture or rather language. Confusion might … Continue reading
Tagged Advocaat case, copycat, Star Fucks, Starbucks Coffee, TGIF, Xingbake
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