1.NPC Standing Committee Releases 2018 Legislative Plan. The NPC Standing Committee (NPCSC) on Friday released its annual legislative plan for 2018. As usual, the plan is divided into two sections—the first listing […]
More on Guiding Cases, Precedents and Databases…
Judge Liu Yijun from Beijing IP Court spoke on the application of China’s IP Case Guidance System in Beijing IP Court. As we have previously reported, one of the latest development in […]
Of Trade Secrets, Section 337, AUCL Reform and Evidence Production
When faced with trade secret misappropriation, the United States International Trade Commission can provide a forum for U.S. companies faced with unfair competition resulting from the misappropriation, even if the “theft” occurs […]
Spring Time for IPR Case Law in China?
Recently, there have been two important developments involving IP-related guiding cases and precedent that shed light on these different approaches of the Supreme People’s Court, which is in charge of guiding cases, […]
Jordan/Qiaodan Trademark Case – Translation Now Available Here
The landmark decision of Michael Jordan v. Qiaodan available in translation.
Kong Xiangjun Leaves Supreme People’s Court and Enters Academia
Chinese and Western media have reported that former Supreme People’s Court IPR Tribunal Chief Judge Kong Xiangjun and former Deputy Chief Judge of the SPC’s first Circuit Court has been dismissed […]
US & China Conclude High Level Exchange on Judicial Reform and Commercial Rule of Law
（photo by Mark Cohen） Last week, top U.S. and Chinese judges and legal experts came together to implement the agreement between Presidents Obama and Xi to hold a high level exchange on […]
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 […]
Revised Patent Infringement Judicial Interpretation Released
The Supreme People’s Court published its revised judicial interpretation on patent infringement litigation. I previously blogged about the early draft here. Here is a Chinese language article on the press conference announcing […]
China IPR - Intellectual Property Developments in China 