The following are some reflections on what Customs-related enforcement activity in the US and China last year. The data generally shows the continuing problem of a high level of exports of counterfeit goods […]
US and China Customs Data Compared
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 […]
Upcoming IPR and R&D Program in Nanjing
SIPO and USPTO will be co-sponsoring a program on IPR issues of concern to conducting R&D in China. The seminar will bring together government officials, senior IP and accounting experts, and corporate […]
Three Upcoming Programs
If you are near Portland, Oregon, Prof. Eric Priest of the University of Oregon, Chief Judge Rader (ret) and I will be talking at the University of Oregon about our joint efforts […]
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 […]
Three Upcoming Programs
Here are three upcoming programs: Stanford is hosting a program on guiding cases at Stanford on Wednesday April 6, 2015. The China General Chamber of Commerce is hosting a program “China-U.S. Intellectual Property […]
Ox Herding, Industrial Policy and China IP
Many Westerners have little sense of how deeply industrial policy is built into China’s intellectual property system. In the past, this blog has reported on some of the industry-focused plans, such as […]
GAI and ABA Publish Their AUCL Comments
Attached are the comments of the American Bar Association Sections on International Law and Antitrust Law on the proposed draft revisions of the Anti-Unfair Competition Law (AUCL) as well as comments of the Global […]
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 […]
The “Supremes” Talk About Rule of Law and IP
The meetings of China’s legislative and advisory branches have just concluded and, as in prior years, the annual work reports of the “Two Supremes” 两高 (Supreme People‘s Court [SPC] and Supreme People’s […]
China IPR - Intellectual Property Developments in China 