The Guangdong High Court recently made the important 2013 second instance decisions in Huawei vs. Interdigital (2013) Yue Gaofa Minsan Zhougzi No.305, 306), available in a redacted form (Chinese language only). Here are […]
SPC Published Its Judicial Interpretation in Advance of New TM Law Implementation
The Supreme People’s Court has issues a new Judicial Interpretation to guide the courts in implementing China’s new Trademark Law, which goes into effect May 1, 2014. The JI was issued on […]
Some Things You May Not Know About SIPO – 2014 Edition
China’s State Intellectual Property Office is a frequently misapprehended agency. Here are items I gleaned from reading SIPO’s “Brief Introduction and Review of State Intellectual Property Office in China” (2014), which may […]
New Service Invention Draft Regulation…And Web page
SIPO released its latest draft for public comment of its proposed service invention regulations 职务发明条例草案 (送审稿), including a very useful Chinese language webpage on April 1. The website contains additional reference materials […]
USPTO Extends Period to Apply for China IPR Legal Positions
USPTO has extended the deadline to apply for the recently published China IPR legal positions in Washington, DC to April 9: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/364794400. See my earlier post: https://chinaipr.com/2014/03/19/uspto-china-team-attorney-advisor-position-opens/.
US-China IP Cooperation Dialogue Report Released
The “US-China IP Cooperation Dialogue Report” was released last week. The Report was prepared by experts from both the US and China, including co-chairs Professor Liu Chuntian of Renmin University and Joseph […]
A Tale of Many Watersheds
Joseph Sternberg of the Wall Street Journal reported a few days ago that a European company, Ineos, has decided to bring a law suit against a Chinese State Owned Enterprise, Sinopec, for […]
The Problem of “Mountain Stronghold” Teas
How many corrupted officials have got their Ph.D. from corrupted Universities in China?”, asks Sun Yifei, a professor of geography at Calstate Northridge, on the Google S&T and Innovation in China page. The […]
SIPO Amends Exam Guidelines to Provide Design Patent Protection For GUI’s
As I previously blogged, SIPO was considering amending its patent examination guidelines to permit design patent protection for graphical user interfaces (GUI’s). The new examination guidelines were promulgated by SIPO on March […]
USPTO China Team Attorney-Advisor Position Opens
USPTO has announced a position for US citizens on the China team. Here is the link: http://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/364794400 . The position requires US citizenship, a law degree, knowledge and experience in intellectual property and the […]
China IPR - Intellectual Property Developments in China 