Among the purported reasons for closing the Houston Consulate of the PRC were violations of the Vienna Convention regarding consular affairs and IP theft. According to various press reports, the spokesperson for […]
Webinars, Comments and An Encomium
The Webinars: There several useful webinars that are scheduled for this month. On July 23, 2020 the USPTO will be hosting a webinar on using overlapping rights to protect your products (10:30 […]
Proposed Amendments to the Criminal Code on Trade Secrets
Amendments to the Criminal Law regarding trade secret theft have been announced by the NPC. A new provision is proposed to be added to the end of Article 219 of the Criminal […]
An Update on Data-Driven Reports on China’s IP Enforcement Environment
Several useful empirical reports on China’s IP environment have been released in the past few weeks. I summarize four of them: Trademark Litigation Jerry Xia and his colleagues at the Anjie firm […]
Translation of Draft Patent Law Available
Thanks to He Jing of the Anjie Law Firm, attached please find an unofficial line-by-line translation of the recently released Patent Law Amendments 2nd reading. Comments are due August 16, 2020. Some highlights […]
2nd Round of Patent Law Amendments Released for Comment
According to the NPC Observer and other sources, the NPC Standing Committee is now seeking comments to the second review draft of the Patent Law amendments专利法修正案草案二次审议稿. The official NPC comments released with the […]
