Translations and comments are made available on patent and trademark examination guidelines, Seed Law, Plant Variety JI, AUCL JI, and Oppo v Sharp. With regard to the SPC decision in Oppo v Sharp a question is raised concerning China’s efforts to regulate and take jurisdiction over global SEP royalty rate setting.
Unwired Planet and the Role of Chinese Courts: A Perspective from Shenzhen
This is the second article on recent research on Chinese IP law and practice. The focus of this blog is a widely read article of Judge Zhu Jianjun, Shenzhen Intermediate Court, Intellectual […]
March 13 – 19, 2018 Updates
1. China’s export of IP royalties increased 311.5% in 2017 According to the statistics of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, the volume of trade of Chinese IP royalties totaled 33.384 billion […]
December 2017 Update
Here are some updates on IP developments in China from this past December 2017: 1. Xi Jinping: China must accelerate implementation of big data strategy (English) 习近平：实施国家大数据战略加快建设数字中国 (Chinese). Xi Jinping, during a collective study […]
GPNE vs Apple: The Multi-Year Saga
Hawaii-based NPE, GPNE Corp., has requested damages in a patent law suit related to GPRS standards of 900 million RMB in Shenzhen (about 129 million USD) against Apple as well as other […]
Book Review on Report on Development of Intellectual Property Development in China (2015)
The Report on Development of Intellectual Property Development in China 2015 中国知识产权发展报告 (IP Teaching and Research Center of Renmin University of China / IP Academy of Renmin University) (Tsinghua University Press, 2016) […]
China IPR - Intellectual Property Developments in China 