The American Bar Association has just released its comments on the recent SPC Judicial Interpretation on patent disputes (part 1), available here: ABA_Comments_China SPC_JI-1-_on_Patent_Disputes
SPECIALIZED IP COURTS ABOUT TO LAUNCH IN THREE CITIES – AND ARE THEY GOOD FOR FOREIGNERS?
Recent Chinese efforts at developing specialized IP courts and in promoting greater judicial independence suggest that the system may significantly improve in the years ahead. According to press reports, some of these […]
ABA Conference on 8th Draft of SAIC IP Abuse Rules in DC
This is from Yee Wah Chin via Don Clarke’s Chinalaw list- SAIC’s 8th Draft AML/IP Rules August 26, 2014 Noon-1:15PM Eastern On June 11, 2014, China’s State Administration for Industry and Commerce […]
Peter Humphrey and the Uncertain Status of the Private Investigator
Private investigation firms are important for many aspects of commercial life in China, particularly given the weaknesses in China’s evidence gathering system and the high thresholds that exist for criminal investigations. PI […]
China’s Antitrust Enforcement Continues to Grab the Domestic and International Spotlight
With the New York Times reporting on the AML enforcement uptick in China, including SAIC’s investigation of Microsoft, and a concurrent article in Xinhua, China’s antimonopoly regime, including its application to IP […]
Microsoft under Chinese Antitrust Scrutiny?
Yesterday, July 28, the Western press, including the Washington Post and South China Morning Post, as well as Chinese online media reported that the State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC), one […]
SPC Publishes Revised Judicial Interpretation on Patent Infringement Litigation for Public Comments
On July 16, the Supreme Peoples Court published a public comment draft of proposed revisions to its “Decision of the SPC Regarding Questions of Application of Law in Adjudication of Patent Cases”, […]
State Council’s New Opinion on Market Order
On July 8 the State Council released a new opinion on “market order” which, like many similar rules in China, is suggestive of possible significant policy changes, while being of uncertain legal […]
Of Counterfeit Pandas and African Lions….
Want a glimpse of a counterfeit panda? Go to: http://www.sznews.com/humor/2012-06/08/content_6820640.htm. Fake pandas are easy enough to counterfeit – if you don’t mind painting up a shizu or other dog and hope that […]
IPR Deliverables at the Strategic & Economic Dialogue
The US and China recently concluded their Sixth Strategic and Economic Dialogue. IP-related outcomes involved such areas as: trade secret protection; cooperation with China’s judiciary; and software procurement. In addition there were […]
China IPR - Intellectual Property Developments in China 