The National People’s Congress released a draft of the Anti-unfair Competition Law for public comment on February 25, 2017. A draft translation is already available on the China Law Translate website, which […]
Anti-Unfair Competition Law Released for Public Comment
What Makes China’s IP System Different?
I was recently asked by a professor of US copyright law what distinguishes the Chinese IP system different from the United States. Here are the five key aspects that I quickly came […]
A Taste of China IP In The New Year
There continue to be various thrusts and feints in these early days of the Trump administration on Chinese IP related matters. Here’s a quick rundown. Tim Trainer, a friend and former colleague, […]
China’s Plan for Copyright Creativity
China’s National Copyright Administration released it plans for the 13th Five Year Plan regarding copyright (the “Plan”), attached here (including machine translation). The plan comes on the back of the State Council’s 13th […]
Upcoming Fordham Program on Discovery and Investigations in China
Fordham University, in conjunction with the Chinese Business Lawyers Association, the Asian American Bar Association of New York and Consilio, is hosting a program on discovery and compliance with investigations in China, […]
Sino Legend Saga Ends at US Supreme Court
The future ain’t what it used to be. (Yogi Berra) Earlier this January, 2017, Sino Legend lost its long battle to have an ITC decision excluding its products form the US market […]
Economics and IP Position At AIT/Taiwan
The American Institute in Taiwan has posted a position for an economic specialist in Taipei. This is a local-hire position (for those ordinarily resident in Taiwan, and others). In addition to knowledge of […]
2017 Opens with More Positive Trademark Developments
The SAIC has announced that it has amended its TM review and examination standards (“Trademark Review and Examination Standards”). The revised standards, with a date of December 2016, are available here. The […]
Chinese IP: the Graduating Class of Officials
There have been several Chinese officials with authority over IP over the past few years who have been promoted. In December, the Ministry of Commerce recently reported that DG Li Chengang was […]
Identical vs. Similar Trademarks in Criminal and Civil Adjudication
Both Judge Bao WenkJiong 包文炯 in Zhichanli, and James Luo on his blog, have recently published summaries of a 2014 case in Wuxi (无锡滨湖法院(2014)锡滨知刑初字第0002号刑事判决书) involving the definition an “identical” mark under China’s criminal […]
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