The Internet and wire services are abuzz on December 16 with the latest update on the InterDigital saga. InterDigital’s executives will reportedly not travel to China to meet with the National Development […]
Mark Cohen （柯恒）
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.
First Guiding Case on Intellectual Property
Stanford’s Mei Gechik reports through Don Clarke’s Chinalaw listserve that Stanford’s Guiding Case project has just made available an English translation of the first guiding case on intellectual property: Shenzhen Siruiman Fine Chemicals Co., Ltd. v. Shenzhen Kengzi […]
A Nail in the Coffin of Patent Linkage – New CFDA Rules
Today, December 13 is the last day for comments on proposed revisions to the China Food and Drug Administration’s proposed amendments to the Drug Registration Rules. Normally, one wouldn’t look to CFDA […]
Forecasting the Impact of the Third Plenum on IP Adjudication
What are the impacts of the resolution and spirits of the recent Third Plenum of the 18th Communist Party on rule of law in China, particularly commercial rule of law and IP? […]
December 11 in Beijing – International Program on Utility Model Patents
On December 11, SIPO, USPTO and other patent offices (Japan, EPO, Germany and Korea) as well as companies and their counsel will be participating in an exciting international utility model program at […]
Vice President Biden and Pharmaceutical Innovation
Innovative pharmaceutical companies have been facing a number of challenges in obtaining or maintaining patents in China. One of these issues has involved progressively more restrictive interpretations of Art. 26.3 of the […]
Entry Level Position at the WTO Secretariat to Work on TRIPS Matters
The TRIPS Division of the WTO Secretariat is seeking candidates for an entry level position for people interested in working on the intersection of international intellectual property rules and trade in the […]
Ministry of Commerce IP Program in DC December 5
Chen Fuli, IP Attaché at the Chinese Embassy in Washington, DC the morning of December 5. The program is free of charge, but seating may be limited. You should RSVP at: lishuai@mofcom.gov.cn. […]
Qualcomm Subject of AML Investigation – Other Developments on the Way
China’s use of the Antimonopoly Law to deal with pricing for royalties may have taken another turn with recent launch of an Antimonopoly Law investigation by the National Development and Reform Commission […]
Through a Glass Less Darkly: China’s March to Administrative Enforcement Transparency
On November 20, the State Council, at an executive meeting chaired by Premier Li Keqiang, approved the “Opinion on Making Publicly Available According to Law Information on Administrative Penalties Concerning the Production […]
China IPR - Intellectual Property Developments in China 