NCAC has published a public comment draft of revised Copyight Administrative Punishment Implementing Measures “著作权行政处罚实施办法(修订征求意见稿)”, with comments due Sept 30, 2015. The new draft addresses certain important emerging issues for administrative enforcement, including: punishment […]
Patent Law Revisions Up for Public Comment
SIPO has just made its proposed draft of revisions to the patent law (fourth amendment?) available on line. With these sets of amendments, China is now in various stages of revising all major IP […]
SIPO announces Annual Strategy and Plans of Implementation for Intellectual Property in 2012
April 26 is International IP day, and in anticipation of the day, Chinese state agencies are announcing plans for intellectual property, releasing statistics, and holding conferences. The activities during this month are […]
NCA Releases draft of proposed amendments to the Copyright Law for Comment
On March 31, 2012 the PRC National Copyright Administration (“NCA”) released for comment the first draft of the proposed amendments to the Copyright law. Comments are due April 30, 2012. (In Chinese): […]