As we previously reported the NPC’s Standing Committee established three Specialized IP Courts in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou. The Supreme People’s Court and the cities’ High Courts are now in the process […]
On Friday November 7 I attended and spoke at the US-China IP Summit at Loyola (https://chinaipr.com/2014/09/07/loyola-los-angeles-hosts-us-china-ip-summit-november-7/). Here are some highlights: Prof. David Nimmer (UCLA) talked about whether there is a need to reintroduce […]
There are a number of developments in China’s efforts to roll out China’s three new specialized IP courts by the end of the year. Information is being shared at conferences, via […]
On October 13, 2014, SAIC and MIIT jointly issued “Opinions on Reinforcing Collaboration on Supervision of Domestic Online Trading Websites and Active Promotion of the Development of E-commerce”. Simone IP Services has provided a […]
The Stanford Guiding Cases project has recently released a translation of an IP-related case on enterprise name protection, Tianjin China Youth Travel Service v. Tianjin Guoqing International Travel Agency, A Dispute over […]
The US-China Business Council recently released its annual China Business Environment Survey Report (http://uschina.org/reports/uscbc-2014-china-business-environment-survey-results). Intellectual property enforcement climbed the ranks to number 2, just after concerns over competition with Chinese companies in […]
The US Embassy in Beijing has extended its search for a local staff economic specialist position with an IPR focus, with a starting salary of 218,000 RMB/year and excellent benefits. The deadline […]
On October 14, 2014, the Supreme People’s Court published a draft judicial interpretation for public comment: “Regulations of the Supreme People’s Court on Certain Issues Related to Trials of Administrative Cases Involving the Grant and Confirmation of […]
The seminar US and China Intellectual Property Dialogue – Latest Developments of Intellectual Property Law and Enforcement will be held this Thursday, October 2, 2014 at the Hyatt Regency, Santa Clara. Additional […]
Marks & Clerk (www.marks-clerk.com), an International IP Boutique firm, is recruiting for a Patent Attorney in its Beijing office. The applicant will need to have: • Minimum a Bachelor’s (preferably a Master’s […]
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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