The Research Center for Chinese Politics & Business at the University of Indiana has just published two new papers, available for download free of charge at http://www.indiana.edu/~rccpb/. One is by standards and […]
The Brave New World of Chinese IP Legislation – Trademarks
One thing is for certain about the current crop of revised IP laws in China: they are primarily being drafted to accommodate and anticipate China’s own needs, and not in response to […]
New Draft of Service Inventor Remuneration Regulations Open for Public Comment
On November 12, 2012, SIPO made publicly available a draft of the proposed Service Invention Remuneration Regulations (职务发明条例草案(征求意见稿). Comments are due at SIPO by December 3. An earlier draft reportedly contained numerous problematic […]
Crossing the River by Feeling the IP Stones: How China’s Civil Procedure System Benefits from Reforms Made in IP Civil Litigation
On August 3, 2012, the NPC passed the revised Civil Procedure Law. This is the third time that the CPL has been amended since it was first enacted in 1991. The new […]
Project Leader Innovation and Technology
From the swissnex Linkedin Posting where more information and link to application is available: swissnex China, the Swiss science and technology outpost in China is hiring a project leader for innovation and […]
ABA’s Comments on Fifth Draft of SAIC IPR Guidelines
Attached are the ABA’s comments on the Fifth Draft of SAIC’s Guidelines on IPR and Antimonopoly Law. The guidelines are still largely for internal use, but I am sure the ABA’s thoughtful […]
What the Data Says About Trade Secret Litigation in China
Trade Secret matters have become a hot bilateral topic, involving some high profile companies, like Sinovel, and engagement at the level of the Secretaries of State and Treasury, in their Strategic and […]
Foreign IP Litigation in China: How Important Is It?
Here’s some humbling data drawn from the Annual Judgment Data of the Supreme People’s Court (2011). These data are a reminder that the IP docket is a small part of the overall […]
Third Draft of the Copyright Law Amendments Undergoing Internal Review
The Berkeley Center for Law and Technology hosted a program on IP developments in China, including a discussion concerning the proposed revisions to China’s copyright law. A useful powerpoint by Ma Xiaogang, […]
Building the Ladder: China’s Patent System Over the Past 30 Years
Prof. Peter Yu has written a useful summary of China’s patent developments over the past 30 years and before called “Building the Ladder: Three Decades of Development of the Chinese Patent System,” which […]
China IPR - Intellectual Property Developments in China 