In light of the social activism in the United States, including Black Lives Matter (BLM), Hawley & Hazel, and its joint venture partner, Colgate Palmolive has recently decided to “review and evolve” […]
The Darlie Trademark And BLM
New Draft JI on Enforcement on Criminal IP Laws, Especially Trade Secrets
China’s judicial organs (the Supreme People’s Court [“SPC”] and Supreme People’s Procuratorate [“SPP”]) continue to work on trade secret related judicial developments, with the release on June 17, 2020 of the “Interpretation […]
More Encouraging News of Trade Secret Reform… But Is It Always Good for the Foreign Community?
James Pooley posted a great blog on IPwatchdog on the recently released draft judicial interpretation on trade secrets (the “Trade Secrets JI”). In his blog, “Has China Finally Embraced Trade Secret Protection […]
China IP Position at the Department of Commerce
The International Trade Administration (ITA) at the US Department of Commerce is seeking to recruit a Senior International Trade Specialist to serve as its intellectual property (IP) policy Team Lead. The announcement, […]
China Patent and Licensing Discussions – Week of June 14th
On Wednesday, June 17th at 4:30 PM PST, former Chief Judge Paul Michel (ret.) will be moderating a star-studded panel hosted by Berkeley Law on one aspect of one of the great […]
100 Priority IP Projects for 2020
What does the recently released CNIPA document listing “100 Projects in 2020 to Deeply implement the National Intellectual Property Strategy to Accelerate the Construction of the Intellectual Property Powerful Country Promotion Plan” […]
Three New Draft JI’s
On June 10 (Beijing time), the Supreme People’s Court published three new draft judicial interpretations (JI’s) for public comment. Comments are due by July 27, 2020. The three draft judicial interpretations are: […]
Public Interest and Private Rights in the Copyright Law Amendments
June 13 is the last day for submitting comments to China’s National People’s Congress on proposed revisions to China’s Copyright Law. In this blog, I discuss draft provisions in the Copyright Law […]
An Unwelcome Addition and A Welcome Subtraction in the Technology Transfer Provisions of the New Civil Code
The Civil Code of China has now been enacted by the National People’s Congress (eff. January 1, 2021). As previously discussed in this blog, the Civil Code now incorporates the technology contract […]
Antitrust and Licensing on June 3, plus Standards, Data and E-Commerce: Plenty for Everybody
The US-China trade war began with disputes over the transfer of technology to China, including forced technology transfer. How much has the licensing environment improved for the foreign business community? How will […]
China IPR - Intellectual Property Developments in China 