On June 30, the State Intellectual Property Office posted a draft for comment of proposed national recommended standards for Intellectual Property Management for Research and Development Organizations and Intellectual Property Management for […]
According to the Beijing Intellectual Property Institute (“BIPI”) (June 2015 newsletter) and other press sources the State Administration of Industry and Commerce (SAIC) had completed its draft revisions of the Antiunfair Competition […]
The videos and slides from a May 20 event “New Perspectives on Innovation and Intellectual Property Policy in China: What Does the Evidence Say?”, co-hosted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office […]
Chinese Customs published its 2014 Report on the Situation for IP Protection last month. The report summarizes the current situation for Customs protection of IP in China as follows: The vast majority […]
USPTO is scheduling its annual China update program for July 15, 2015. The program is open to the public, however seating is limited and the program is popular so register early. Here […]
On May 12, the SPC set up a civil law codification team, chaired by Vice Presidents Xi Xiaoming, He Rong, Tao Kaiyuan, with Du Wanhua 杜万华 serving as Director of the Office. […]
Attached are the the comments on service inventor remuneration draft regulation prepared by the ABA’s sections on International Law and Intellectual Property Law. The draft regulations were released for comment in early April. […]
USPTO just announced on May 6 a position opening as a “Program Specialist” handling Intellectual Property Exchanges with China. There are two position descriptions. The positions involve developing and implementing multiple year training […]
Attached are the comments of the Intelletual Property Law and International Law sections of the American Bar Association on the SIPO draft patent law amendments. A translation of the amendments was previously posted here.
The Southern California District Export Council will be sponsoring, and University of California – Irvine will be hosting a program on May 15, 2015 on “What You Must Know to Protect Your Intellectual […]
Mark Allen Cohen (柯恒} is a Distinguished Senior Fellow, Director and Lecturer of the Asia IP Project at the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology at the University of California, Berkeley. In total, he has nearly 40 years of private sector, public sector, etc., in-house and academic experience on IPR issues in China, including numerous publications and awards. This is his private blog.
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