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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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Tag Archives: Taiwan
Four Taiwanese Publishers Want Government to Ban Access to Foreign Piracy Sites
Four Taiwanese publishing companies have urged the government to change the Copyright Act and Telecommunications Act, so that there will be a possibility to ban access to foreign sites that provide pirated content.
Tagged cloud technology, copyright piracy, publisher, Taiwan
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iPad, youPad, wePad? Who Is the Owner of the Trademark in China?
iPads for sale in the Apple Store at Central, Hong Kong Photo Danny Friedmann Apple introduced a third category, in between a laptop and smartphone, on January 27, 2010 (see the late Steve Jobs give the presentation here and demonstration here and here). April … Continue reading
Tagged Apple, Guangdong Higher People's Court, Hong Kong, iPad, Proview Electronics, Shanghai Pudong New Area Court, Shenzhen, Taiwan, trademark infringement
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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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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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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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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
Cyber attacks: “Biggest Transfer of IP in History” Points To China
After eating a rat, one should stay vigilant.Photo: Tan Fugui Computer security company McAfee discovered that during a 5 year time span 72 organisation were infiltrated via the internet. Jim Finkle reports for Reuters about what Dmitri Alperovitch, McAfee Lab’s vice president … Continue reading
Tagged Center for Strategic and International Studies, cyber espionage, cyber McAfee, Hong Kong, Mr Dmitri Alperovitch, Mr James A. Lewis, Mr Jim Finkle, Operation Shady RAT, Singapore, Taiwan, trade secret
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Taiwan IP Update: First Country That Protects Hologram In Its Trademark Law
Taiwan has amended its Trademark Act May 31, 2011. What has changed? Progressive trademark act, but with olfactory deficiency Photo: NASA via Wikipedia Listing counterfeit merchandise online will be punishable by fines of up to NT$50,000 and up to one year … Continue reading
Tagged 3D, animation, article 15 TRIPs, certificate of origin, colour, counterfeit trademark, geographical indications, holograms, IHMA, Ralph Sieckmann, sound, Taiwan, Taiwan IP Update, 商標法, 王美花
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Intellectual Property Bank in Taiwan and China (But Very Different)
Public sector The China Post reports that the Ministry of Economic Affairs is setting up an IP bank: “The intellectual property bank is scheduled to be set up in June under the supervision of Taiwan’s semi-official Industrial Technology Research Institute … Continue reading
Tagged Intellectual Property Bank, MOEA, patent, Taiwan, Zhongtian Technology Company, 知识产权, 銀行, 银行
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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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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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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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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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BSA Software Piracy Study: Taiwan 39 Percent, Ranks 23th Lowest
Business Software Allicance (BSA) publishes its 2008 study of software piracy: May 2009, Sixth Annual BSA-IDG Software 08 Piracy Study. With 39 percent, Taiwan came in on the 23th position of the countries with the lowest software piracy, causing a 201 million US … Continue reading
Tagged BSA, Computers, software piracy, Taiwan
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Taiwan’s Three Strikes Sanction Less Strict Than French Equivalent
In the rebound the French Assemblée national adopted the Hadopi law today, which includes a “three strikes” sanction for file sharers of pirated works: repeat offenders will have their internet connection cut off after the third offense, see the France24.fr … Continue reading
Tagged Copyright Law, France, Hadopi, ISP liability, P-2-P, Taiwan, three strikes system
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How to Sanction Lack of IPR Enforcement in China: Priority Watch List (IILA) or Foreign Country/Section 306 Monitoring Status (IACC)
The International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition (IACC) is an organisation that represents companies concerned with trademark counterfeiting and copyright piracy. The IACC submitted the following recommendations to the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) in their annual Special 301 review of … Continue reading
Tagged anti-counterfeit system, copyright piracy, counterfeit trademark, Hong Kong, IACC, IIPA, Special 301 Report, Taiwan
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MOU on IPR Between Philippines and Taiwan
Taiwan and the Philippines try to develop a so called Subic-Clark-Kaohsiung Corridor. Taiwan is located north of the Philippines, with the Taiwanese city Kaohsiung in the South. Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway is the longest toll expressway of the Philippines. PNA reports via … Continue reading
Tagged ATA carnet, Philippines, regional trade agreement, Taiwan
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Poisonous Optima Dog Food: Product Liability Or Blame The Counterfeiters?
Mr Ryan McLaughlin, blogger of Life in Suzhou, wrote about the death of Addie his beloved Golden Retriever around Christmas, read here. According to Mr McLauglin the cause is probably poisonous dog food. Addie was fed dog food from Optima, … Continue reading
US Customs Seizure Statistics 2008: “China number one, India number two and Hong Kong number three counterfeit producer”
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and U.S. Customs Enforcement divisions of Homeland Security gives some statistics about the numbers, characteristics and origins of counterfeit goods seized in the U.S. in 2008.IPR seizures of goods from China rose … Continue reading
Tagged counterfeit, customs, Hong Kong, India, ranking, seizures, South Korea, statistics, Taiwan, US Customs and Border Protection, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement
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AmCham to USTR: “Remove Taiwan From Special 301 Watch List”
America’s Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in Taipei requested the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) to remove Taiwan from the Special 301 Watch List, a list of countries that are allegedly failing to adequately protect IPR and used as … Continue reading
Tagged AmCham, Chiayi, DVD, Intellectual Property Protection Brigade, Special 301 Report, Taiwan, Taiwan Provincial Police Administration
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WorkTools: “We Won the Judgement But it Did No Good” Part II
Yesterday, Mr Mike Marks, inventor and co-founder of WorkTools explained in Part I how is it possible that although they won at court in Taiwan it really did no good. In Part II below you will find a more detailed … Continue reading
WorkTools: “We Won the Judgement But it Did No Good” Part I
Yesterday I blogged about an interview on WorkTools’ patent challenges in Taiwan and China, read here. I was like Mr Stan Abrams of China Hearsay, who came up with some interesting suggestions here, very interested to know the real answer. … Continue reading
Tagged Mike Marks, patent infringement, Taiwan, WorkTools
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WorkTools Inventor’s Experience With Taiwanese and Chinese Patents
Mr John Eastman of Black and White interviewed Mr Mike Marks, inventor and co-founder of WorkTools about patent infringements. WorkTools specializes in the development and licensing of patented mechanical products for consumers. The company invents products and enhances products brought … Continue reading
Tagged deterrent, Fulwider Patton, patent infringement, Paul Y. Feng, Taiwan, WorkTools
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Taiwan’s Exciting 2007: IP Case Proceeding, IP Court and Patent Attorney Acts
Tsai Lee & Chen describes 2007 as “exciting for IP professionals in Taiwan”. In the course of merely six months, the Legislative Yuan (Taiwan’s Congress) has passed three important laws and regulations related to the protection and enforcement of intellectual … Continue reading
Tagged Intellectual Property Case Proceeding Act, Intellectual Property Court Organic Act, Patent Attorney Act, Taiwan
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Alternative Business Models Emerge In Times of Pessimism About a Solution Against Copyright Piracy in China
That copyright piracy in China is a serious problem is confirmed by the article in China Daily. The General Administration of Press and Publication announced that 120 million audio and video products and 500 million unauthorized books a year were … Continue reading
Tagged copyright piracy, EMI, Eric Priest, General Administration of Press and Publication, Harvard, Rock Records, Sina, Sony, Taiwan, Universal, Warner
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Compulsory Licensing: Philips About to Bring A WTO Case Against Taiwan
Taiwanese company GigaStorage has a conflict with Dutch company Philips about a patent for the manufacturing of CD’s since 1999. After a complaint at the Taiwan’s Fair Trade Commission it applied for a compulsory license of Philips’ patent for the … Continue reading
Tagged article 31 TRIPs, compulsory license, GigaStorage, patent law, Philips, Taiwan, TRIPS compliance, WTO
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