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Only 5,000 Companies That Pay For Background Music In The Whole Of China

People’s Daily Online runs a Xinhua story with the title More than 5,000 companies pay for “background music” in China. According to Qu Jingming, secretary-general of the Chinese Music Copyright Protection Association (CMCP) it is required by standard international practice … Continue reading

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Baker & McKenzie Will Board Up Possibilities To Trade 21 Pirated Brands At Markets

Liu Weifeng wrote for China Daily the article US law firm joins fight against IPR violations about US law firm Baker & McKensey that announced a year-long campaign to fight against the production and trade of fake products on behalf … Continue reading

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Counterfeiters’ Learning Curve Is Peaking: NEC versus ‘NEC’

David Lague wrote The Next Step in Pirating: Faking a Brand for the International Herald Tribune. It’s a fascinating account of a well organised hijack of a whole company, NEC in this case. The learning curve of counterfeit producers is … Continue reading

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Copyright Infringement Case: China Aomei versus Shanghai Holdfast

“The Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate People’s Court accepted an intellectual property case involving the largest amount of compensation in the city, the court said yesterday. China Aomei Network Co Ltd filed a lawsuit against Shanghai Holdfast Online Information Technology Co … Continue reading

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Permanent IPR Watchdog at Silk Market, Beware of The Waterbed Principle

After the court decision in the Beijing Silk Market Appeal Case, read here, the Chinese authorities seem to take intellectual property infringement very seriously. Now they even have opened a permanent office to watch for any counterfeit product. The office, … Continue reading

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New Sanctions For Publishing Houses in Case of Copyright Infringement of Dictionaries

Lu Hui of Xinhui wrote that the General Administration of Press and Publication (GAPP) on the quality of dictionaries and reference books issued by eligible publishing houses came into effect on Monday. “Once shoddy products or copyright infringement cases such … Continue reading

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How to Ease China’s Enforcement Burden?

In Xinhua’s article IPR protection faces enforcement conundrum it is written that despite the statistics about fighting IP infringements you can still buy counterfeit DVD’s throughout Beijing. “Typical is a DVD shop set up in a main-floor suite of an … Continue reading

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MIP Supplement IP in China 2006

The Magazine Managing Intellectual Property (MIP) published its fourth annual IP in China special which comprises a full range of highly relevant articles (16) plus an editorial.You can find them here.

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Copyright Issue Lehman, Lee & Xu blog Solved

Within a day after this post the lay-out of China Blawg has changed; no similarities with Harris & Moure’s site are left. Compliments for all parties involved. The cosmic order has been restored.

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‘Chinese Ferrari’ Used to Promote EU Criminal IPR Enforcement

EU Commission’s vice-president Franco Frattini uses a photograph of a ‘Chinese Ferrari’ to get support for his proposal for a new criminal IP enforcement directive : “During a recent hearing Mr Frattini surprised his Commission colleagues by holding aloft a … Continue reading

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Criminal Law: Counterfeit Golf Club Distributor Sentenced: 3.5 Years

US Golf Manufacturers Anti-Counterfeiting Working Group (comprised of Acushnet Company, Callaway Golf, Cleveland Golf, Nike, PING and TaylorMade Golf Company) has won another case against two counterfeit golf club sellers. Loo Shih Yann, a principal with the international law firm … Continue reading

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Sino-German IPR Memorandum Signed, Another Sign of Bilateralism

Luan Shanglin wrote for Xinhua Sino-German Memorandum on Strengthening the IPR Protection Cooperation Inked. Luan wrote: “China and Germany have agreed upon a Memorandum on Strengthening the Cooperation of Intellectual Property Rights. Jiang Zengwei, vice minister of commerce and Hartmut … Continue reading

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Did Search Engine Zhongsou.com Infringe Copyright of The Promise?

Chinese Tech News wrote:“A Hangzhou court has accepted and heard a lawsuit filed by Guangdong Zhongkai Culture Development Company against Chinese search service provider Zhongsou.com.Zhongkai, which claims to be the sole owner of the online version of the film “The … Continue reading

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Edward Lehman chosen as the Who’s Who Legal 2006 Trademark attorney for China

Who’s Who Legal recognised Edward Lehman, of Lehman, Lee & Xu, Beijing, as a top trademark lawyer in China. Congratulations. Also recognised is Spring YC Chang of Chang Tsi & Partners, Beijing. Xu Yiping of the Shanghai Patent & Trademark … Continue reading

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Copyright Allegations Against Super Girls’ Producer and Against Album Cover

Super Girl’s producer is accused of IPR infringement, writes the China Daily using Xinhua as a source. Besides, having doubts about the originality of the Super Girls format (very similar to American Idol), read more here, the highly successful voice … Continue reading

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Does Microsoft Have Double IPR Standards in China?

Yesterday and the day before the Asia Technology Roundtable Exhibition, organised by magazine Red Herring was held in Beijing, see here. Clendenin covered the story for EETimes. Although Microsoft has signed deals worth more than 1.5 million US dollar, IDC … Continue reading

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Pirated Movies Reason For Cinema Flops in China

The Xinhua article Only 10% of Chinese films attract audiences by Yan Zhonghua is analysing the reasons for failure of films in China to reach an audience. inadequate supply of cinemas and screens are blamed; many Chinese filmmakers lack money … Continue reading

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Happy World IP Day 好世界知識產權節

Today is World Intellectual Property Day, an initiative of WIPO and an excuse for celebration.What are the events China has organised to celebrate this day? At the list of states that organised events in observance of World Intellectual Property Day, … Continue reading

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Is Beijing Law Firm Lehman, Lee & Xu Infringing The Copyright of Harris & Moure’s Blog Design?

Dan Harris of China Law Blog, has a corporate site too, see here. The design of the site seems to have been copied by Blawg of China, powered by Lehman, Lee & Xu, of all firms, see here. You wouldn’t … Continue reading

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Warner Bros’ Price Reduction Strategy Against Piracy Welcomed With Enthousiasm

Lonnie B. Hodge of OneManBandWidth, an American professor in China (Guangzhou), is optimistic about Warner Bros’ latest strategy against piracy, namely reducing the movies to 1.5 US dollar per piece. Even though the price of the legal movies is still … Continue reading

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China’s Copyright Trade Deficit

In the People’s Daily Online you can read: “China has bought more than 4,000 copyrights from the United States in recent years while the US has imported only 16 from China.” Probably only books are included in these numbers, while … Continue reading

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US Keeps Pressure On China Over IP Piracy

Ben Blanchard wrote an Reuters’ article called US not ruled out WTO complaint over China piracy. Chris Israel, US Coordinator International Intellectual Property Enforcement was quoted saying that the Chinese leadership had given him some cause for optimism but:“We remain … Continue reading

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First Time Blog Copyright Before Chinese Judge

“A court case, which is scheduled on Thursday, will address for the first time in China the issue of blog copyright. Qin Tao, a Shanghai-based blogger, sued Sohu one of China’s portal websites, for its unauthorized reprint of her logs. … Continue reading

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The Diary of Ma Yan versus The Story of Xia-yan

Guy Dixon, aided by Jan Wong, wrote an article called ‘The diary of a young girl, a film and a festival fight’ for the Globe & Mail. It’s about Pierre Haski, a Frenchman, who helped edit a book called The … Continue reading

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Wearing Fake Brands Abroad, Who’s Responsible, Who’s Liable?

Since the Silk Market Appeal Case we know that the landlord is liable in case he is warned that his tenants infringe trademarks and he doesn’t do anything about it. But is a travel agency responsible for tourists that wear … Continue reading

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China Advanced to Fourth Position In Plant Varieties Protection Applications

“The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) announced in Beijing on Sunday that China has ascended to fourth position in the world in applications for protecting new agricultural plant varieties.” China launched the Regulations on protecting new plant varieties (pdf) in … Continue reading

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Music Plagiarism in China: Heard It All Before

Danwei, an interesting site about Chinese media, advertising and urban life, has every now and then posts about intellectual property law in China. Now it has an article about the alleged plagiarism of Beijing band Shuimu Nianhua that made a … Continue reading

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Trademarks: Asian Crocodile Wars Still Not Over

The Economist reviewed ‘China Shakes the World: The Rise of a Hungry Nation,’ by James Kynge on the ocassion of Chinese president Hu in America. Here is a fragment:“At Yiwu (city in Zhejiang province, IP Dragon), the world’s largest whole-sale … Continue reading

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Happy World Book and Copyright Day

United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) celebrated World Book and Copyright Day. See here. The site has a collection of the world’s national copyright laws, including China’s, see here. In China, however only the book reading aspect of … Continue reading

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Teng Fei’s View on China’s IPR Challenge

Teng Fei, senior researcher at the China International Tech & Economy Institute, Development Research Center for the State Council, China, writes that the Sino-US IPR dispute reflects different attitutes toward international conventions (in short: China is doing it’s best, US … Continue reading

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Louis Vuitton Rejects Mediation Against Carrefour’s Shanghai Lianjia Supermarket

Yesterday, Louis Vuitton sued Shanghai Lianjia Supermarket Co, Carrefour’s joint venture partner in Shanghai, because it sold counterfeit Louis Vuitton bags for 6 US dollar each. Read more here. Carrefour has admitted it sold the counterfeit bags, but unintentially. Louis … Continue reading

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SIPO initiative: Asian Regional Seminar about Patent Practice

China trained 13 Asian countries, including Vietnam, Bangladesh, Mongolia, Kazakstan about preliminary examinations of patents, substantive examination procedures, patent documentation, the patent search system, the application and examination mechanism of the Patent Cooperation Treaty, and innovation and patents. The 5 … Continue reading

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The Sound of Kenny G and the Silence at the Cash Register

Book Review China CEOD. Murali of the Hindu Business Line reviewed ‘CHINA CEO: Voices of Experience From 20 International Business Leaders’ by Juan Antonio Fernandez and Laurie Underwood. The book is based on interviews with 20 executives heading up the … Continue reading

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Silk Market Appeal Case: Decision Upheld, Compensation Peanuts

In the Silk Market Appeal Case the fundamental question to be ruled upon was:Is the landlord liable in case he is warned that his tenants infringe trademarks, or is the state responsible for preventing further trademark infringement? Read more about … Continue reading

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IPR in China Conference, Chicago

If you are going to attend the Conference on Protecting Your Intellectual Property Rights in China and the Global Marketplace, set for Chicago, Illinois May 4-5, please let IP Dragon know the high lights. Read more about the conference here.

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Lenovo-Microsoft: 1.2 billion US Dollar IPR Agreement

Microsoft and Lenovo decided to forge a strategic co-operation. After Lenovo had already announced it will pre-install legal Microsoft operating software on its computer, read here, it will now buy for US $ 1.2 billion in Microsoft licenses for the … Continue reading

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What happened in Beijing when Hu Asked Gates For Trust in Seatlle?

“China is the world’s second-largest buyer of personal computers, but only the 25th-largest buyer of software,” according to the MercuryNews. Yesterday Chinese premier Hu Jintao visited Bill Gates in Seatlle and asked him to have confidence in the measures the … Continue reading

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TGIF

“Foreign TV Footage Needs to be Free” Richard Kuslan of Asia Business Intelligence had a very interesting post about a State Administration for Radio, Film and Television regulation, that allows Chinese TV stations using exclusively pictures of foreign TV stations … Continue reading

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Redberry, BlackBerry’s New Nightmare?

Research in Motion (RIM) settled it’s patent dispute with NTP by agreeing to pay US$ 612.5 million, read more here. So RIM needs to earn some money and it was just about to embark on the Chinese market, only to … Continue reading

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China Will Ratify WIPO’s Internet Treaties

China is expected to ratify WIPO’s internet treaties in the second half of this year. These treaties are: WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT); WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (WPPT). These treaties update (the traditional right of reproduction continues to apply in … Continue reading

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Before the Hu-Bush Summit: China Vows Concrete IPR Measures, Berkeley Education Programme

Yesterday the U.S.-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT) talks seems to have been pretty fruitful and some concrete measures were announced: China will open offices in 50 cities to handle piracy complaints and to raise awareness about intellectual … Continue reading

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Rouse China IP Express 272 Sport Special

Number 272 of Rouse & Co. International’s China IP Express newsletter is all about sport: “With the coming Beijing Olympics in 2008 and all the other international events in China, combined with the fact that David Beckham is the most … Continue reading

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Chinese IPR Concessions Could Stave Off US WTO Lawsuit Against China

Today, the Chinese iron lady Vice Premier Wu Yi and US Trade Representative Rob Portman and US Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez discuss US-China trade and IPR, seeking to ease tensions before President Hu Jintao’s visit to the US next week … Continue reading

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Silk Market Appeal Case: Joint Liability or State Responsibility

You could argue the Silk Market Ruling of December 19th, by the Beijing No 2 Intermediate People’s Court ruling is one of the most important jurisprudence. It could be a precedent of the landlord’s liability in case of trade mark … Continue reading

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The Week Ahead

Due to technical problems there were no blogs Friday.So instead of saying OHIMA (not to be confused with OHIM) I am looking forward to this week which has a lot to offer in respect to IP in China. Think about … Continue reading

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Jamaican Ambassador to China Combative to Protect Blue Mountain Coffee

In the Jamaica Observer Charmain N. Clarke wrote about The Coffee Mill’s opening of the first Jamaican wholly owned foreign enterprise in China, read here. The Jamaican ambassador to China, Wayne McCook, left behind the Jamaican patented relaxedness and said: … Continue reading

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Strike the IP red flag for outsourcing software development in China?

Guiseppe de Filippo, associate principal with McKinsey’s Shanghai office, and Chris Ip principal in the Hong Kong office, wrote for CIOthe article ‘Leaks in the Great Wall’ Now that India is becoming more expensive, software developers turn ot China. What … Continue reading

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Book review: “To steal a book is an elegant offense”

“To steal a book is an elegant offense”Chinese proverb. William P. Alford, professor of law and director of East Asian Legal Studies Program, Harvard Univerity, used it in the title of his book on IP in China: “To steal a … Continue reading

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TGIF

Cars, Shoelaces and the Nibelung’s Ring In the archive of the Rouse & Co. International China IP Express newsletter you can find this amazing post: “Audi Face Action Over Copyright InfringementVolkswagen Germany, Volkswagen China, Shanghai LINSHI Advertising Co., Ltd. and … Continue reading

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Automotive Industry Asks EU to Complain to the WTO About Car Part Tariffs and Intellectual Property

WTO’s Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) made Intellectual property forever inseparable from international trade. 29th March, Raphael Minder and James Mackintosh wrote an interesting article about these aspects in the automotive industry for Financial Times. It … Continue reading

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