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 […]
Withering Problems in China’s Patent Drive? – The Latest from SIPO
SIPO’s six month report on patent filings, available on line in China shows some surprising data for the first six months of 2014. Regionally, Jiangsu and Beijing are in the number 1 […]
China’s Judiciary Publishes Its Views on Trade Secret Protection
Several prominent Chinese judges recently published a Chinese language book on “The Judicial Protection of Trade Secrets” (商业秘密司法保护实务) (China Legal Publishing House May 2012) (536 pp, 98 RMB). The book is an […]
SIPO’s 2012 “Report on the Situation Regarding National Patent Strength”
SIPO’s recently released its “Report on the Situation Regarding National Patent Strength”, (Chinese: “2012年全国专利实力状况报告”). This report provides a glimpse into the various measures that SIPO uses to quantify how local patent offices […]
Understanding Service Inventions – Data
I recently gave a talk on service inventions in China – inventions made while in the employ of a company, using its materials and tools. SIPO has published a draft of its […]
What Has Been the Impact of the Trademark Law on Trademark Litigation
Since China’s WTO accession, trademark litigation has boomed along with nearly other IPR-related statistics. From 2002 to 2011, all levels of court accept the trademark civil disputes over 45,706 cases, with an […]
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 […]
China’s Overlooked National Reading Survey Report
One of the useful, but neglected, empirical sources on copyright issues in China is China’s National Reading Survey Report. The most recent volume that I have is from 2009. It was published […]
“Case Filing” In China’s Courts and Their Impact on IP Cases
In my experience over the past decade and in talking to local IP courts in China, the IPR judges have for the most part been very forthcoming, knowledgeable and engaging. However, their […]
The Other Chinese Patent Development: China’s Autumnal Patent “Hook”
It is 2012, and China’s State Intellectual Property Office (“SIPO”) has once again released its end of the year data on patent filings for the year. While patent data and scientific citation […]
China IPR - Intellectual Property Developments in China 