Amidst the escalating focus on online counterfeiting, piracy and patent infringement, online social media, such as WeChat are also becoming a source of infringing products, as documented in a Wall Street Journal […]
USPTO and Renmin University Copyright Protection Program Highlights Importance of Copyright Reform for China
Last July 20, 2016，USPTO and Renimin University jointly hosted a program at Renmin University on Copyright Developments in China and the United States. The program was covered by some of the specialty […]
CATR’s Report on Copyright Enforcement in the On Line Enviroment
The China Academy of Telecommunication Research (CATR), at the request of the National Copyright Administration, released a report on April 26, 2016 on Copyright Protection in the Online Environment. The report noted that there were […]
Summarizing the SPC’s 2015 White Paper
China releases much of its IP data in April, on the margins of World IP Day (April 26). This year there have been important conferences summarizing these reports in advance of […]
Beginning the Journey for Trade Secret Reform: the Recent AUCL Draft
A much awaited, proposed public draft revision to the Antiunfair Competition Law was released by the State Council Legislative Affairs Office on February 25, 2016. Comments are due by March 25, 2016. […]
The Xmas Phone Call of ’06 And What It Meant to IP Cooperation
The recent, successful launch of the ID5 (the Industrial Design 5) at the USPTO (picture above), with the participation of OHIM (Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market of the EU), JPO, KIPO, […]
Five Year Judicial Reform Plan And Specialized IP Courts
On February 26th, the Supreme Peoples Court released its fourth five year reform plan (2014-208) (最高人民法院关于全面深化人民法院改革的意见) (dated February 4, 2015). Intellectual Property is the third item listed of sixty-five action “Key Tasks […]
IP in the Xi-Obama Meeting – Following the Data Stream
There wasn’t much IP in the recent meeting of the Chinese and US heads of State at APEC in Beijing, nor should one expect more than a brief mentioning amongst all the […]
Top 10 Internet “Sword” Piracy Cases For 2013
On December 30, the National Copyright Administration of PRC (NCAC), together with the National Internet Information Office, the National Internet Information Office , the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), and the […]
Ministry of Commerce IP Program in DC December 5
Chen Fuli, IP Attaché at the Chinese Embassy in Washington, DC the morning of December 5. The program is free of charge, but seating may be limited. You should RSVP at: lishuai@mofcom.gov.cn. […]
China IPR - Intellectual Property Developments in China 