There have been several Chinese officials with authority over IP over the past few years who have been promoted. In December, the Ministry of Commerce recently reported that DG Li Chengang was […]
Mark Allen Cohen (柯恒) is currently the Senior Technology Fellow at the Asia Society of Northern California and an Edison Fellow at the University of Akron School of Law. He also serves as a Non-Resident Scholar at the University of California Haas School of Business and University of California, San Diego, and the National Bureau of Asian Research. He previously served as the first Intellectual Property Attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing and as Attorney-Advisor in the Office of International Relations at USPTO. In total, he has over 30 years private, public sector, in house and academic experience on IPR issues in China. This blog represents the opinions of Mark Cohen and any guest authors only and should not be construed as the position of any third party.
There have been several Chinese officials with authority over IP over the past few years who have been promoted. In December, the Ministry of Commerce recently reported that DG Li Chengang was […]
Both Judge Bao WenkJiong 包文炯 in Zhichanli, and James Luo on his blog, have recently published summaries of a 2014 case in Wuxi (无锡滨湖法院(2014)锡滨知刑初字第0002号刑事判决书) involving the definition an “identical” mark under China’s criminal […]
Hawaii-based NPE, GPNE Corp., has requested damages in a patent law suit related to GPRS standards of 900 million RMB in Shenzhen (about 129 million USD) against Apple as well as other […]
A string of articles and deals in the patent licensing sector are highlighting the increasing importance of collaborative licensing practices for foreigners to attract licensees. Is such a collaborative approach to licensing […]
The National People’s Congress announced this week that it has released a draft of the E-Commerce Law for public comment. The public comment period began December 27, 2016 with comments due by […]
The Report on Development of Intellectual Property Development in China 2015 中国知识产权发展报告 (IP Teaching and Research Center of Renmin University of China / IP Academy of Renmin University) (Tsinghua University Press, 2016) […]
It has been four years since I last posted about China IP developments in New York City, and especially my home town, Flushing, New York. Now let’s turn to Chinatown, Manhattan, one of […]
Wishing all my readers, rebloggers, tongxue (classmates), tongshi (colleagues), inventors, creators, entrepreneurs, students, friends and critics, a peaceful and happy holiday season. Video: Carolers at USPTO tree, Dec. 2016
(IPHouse data on foreign-related IP cases at the Beijing IP court) A Chinese judge recently told me that amongst the most important developments in the Chinese judiciary in recent years has […]
At the end of 2016, a trio of reports are being released by the US government all of which reflect upon the IP environment in China The first one to be released […]