The recent, successful launch of the ID5 (the Industrial Design 5) at the USPTO (picture above), with the participation of OHIM (Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market of the EU), JPO, KIPO, […]
The Xmas Phone Call of ’06 And What It Meant to IP Cooperation
Draft of Patent Law Revision Published for Comment
The State Council Legislative Affairs Office has published on December 2, 2015 the draft of the Chinese Patent Law revisions for public comment《中华人民共和国专利法修订草案（送审稿）》, along with an explanation prepared by SIPO. Comments are […]
Lilith Games v. uCool – Seeking Preliminary Relief in the US
Attached is the order denying a preliminary injunction in Lilith Games v uCool (N.D. Cal., Sept. 23, 2015). According to the order of Judge Conti, Lilith is a video game developer that released […]
UK Court Rules Huawei/Samsung Infringe SEP Patent
Attached is the November 23, 2015 decision in Unwired Planet v Huawei and Samsung, which was heard in the England and Wales High Court (Patents), [2015] EWHC 3366 (Pat). In this case, […]
IPR Outcomes in the 26th JCCT
Here are the IP outcomes of the 26th Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade, concluded early in November 2015 in Guangzhou. The IP-related outcomes appear primarily in three different places in the […]
Book Review of IP Protection in China
IP Protection in China (Donna Suchy, ed.) is a 359 page compilation of articles introducing China’s patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret and antitrust regimes. The book has been prepared by 20 experts, […]
Three China/IP Positions Open
In what I hope is a good sign for the job market for next year, recently three China-related positions have opened up, all of which have IP as an area of focus. […]
More Guiding Cases on IP, and More Experiments on IP Case Law
Stanford Law School has just released eight new guiding cases, including including five IP and unfair competition cases covering trademarks, unfair competition, and software copyright. The cases were determined to be guiding cases earlier this […]
SISVEL Vs. Haier: First German FRAND Case Decided Post Huawei vs. ZTE
The information in this blog comes to me via the German law firm of Arnold Ruess and the English language website of IAM (Joff Wild) (Nov. 12, 2015). In what is apparently […]
Global Antitrust Institute Releases Its Comments on NDRC IP Abuse Rules
Attached are the English and Chinese comments of George Mason’s University Global Antitrust Institute (GAI) on the draft NDRC Guideline on Abuse of Intellectual Property Rights. The comments were prepared by Koren W. […]
China IPR - Intellectual Property Developments in China 