Our “sister” blogger, Susan Finder, has dug up one of Donald Trump’s trademark litigation under his eponymous mark, and reported it on her Supreme People’s Court Monitor website, suggested that “he is […]
More on Donald Trump on IP and China…
The President-Elect, IP and China
Peter Harter and Gene Quinn wrote an excellent blog recently (November 9, 2016) entitled “Trump on IP and Patent Reform: What Silicon Valley Doesn’t Understand.” The authors dispute the contention of some in […]
SEP Litigation and Licensing in China: Are There New Voices in the Room?
A string of recent events suggest that there is increasing confidence by the foreign community in China’s antitrust and licensing regime and that some of the aggressive posturing in the past by […]
Another Trade Fair Row in Vegas
Another trade fair matter involving Chinese exhibitors occurred this past week (ending Nov. 5, 2016) involving the SEMA (Specialty Equipment Marketing Association) trade fair in Las Vegas. As with the Future Motion […]
US-China Entertainment Law Conference Highlights Business and Legal Developments
(From a presentation by Lisa Wang, General Counsel, Huayi Brothers Media Corporation) The following is a readout of the US-China Entertainment Law Conference held at Loyola Law School of Los Angeles on […]
Future Motion vs Changzhou First Int’l Trade Co: Defendant Fails In its Effort to Recover Security and Attorneys Fees at CES
Back in January 2016, a Chinese exhibitor at the Consumer Electronics Show (Changzhou Int’l Trade Co.) was reportedly raided for patent infringement by US marshals, after a US court in Nevada issued a […]
SIPO Publishes Proposed Revisions to Patent Examination Guidelines
On October 27, 2016, the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) published the Draft (For Public Comment) of Revisions to the Patent Examination Guidelines. The Chinese text is available here. Comments on the draft should […]
ABA Teleconference on Antitrust Investigations (10/17/16)
The American Bar Association has asked me to post a notice on this forthcoming conference on Chinese Antimonopoly Law investigations, which is also expected to cover the IP issues in AML investigations, […]
Upcoming Talk at NYU
I will be speaking on Monday October 10 at NYU’s Asian Law Institute. If interested, please RSVP to the indicated address right away: Joann.kim@nyu.edu. Check out usali.org for other useful China law […]
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 […]
