Following my recent blog posts on music copyright efforts in China, I have linked here an article published in July 2015 by Prof. Jiarui Liu from Stanford University, on “Copyright for Blockheads: […]
Copyright For Blockheads: Why Musicians Create in China’s High Piracy Environment
Legal Position Opens in Chief Counsel’s Office, USDOC
The Office of the Chief Counsel for International Commerce at the Department of Commerce has an opening or for an attorney with 1-3 years of legal experience (GS-12 or 13). The application […]
A Porpourri of Autumn Copyright Developments
Here’s a mix of copyright updates: On October 13, Tencent and Netease signed a deal for Netease to takes licenses on 1.5 million songs. Tencent, as I previously reported, has actively been […]
NYU Program on Due Process for Foreign Business in China
I was honored to be invited to moderate the opening session for the 21st annual Timothy A Gelatt Dialogue at NYU Law on “Due Process for Foreign Business in China?” on November 12, […]
ABA Section of International Law Comments on NDRC Questionnaire on IP Abuse Guidelines
The American Bar Association has once again made publicly available its response to the NDRC questionnaire on drafting IP abuse guidelines, attached here. This is a useful and large bilingual download which […]
Battling for information on Counterfeiters: Can Courts and Litigants Do Better?
On October 7 of last week, several news services picked up on the September 29, 2015 order of Judge Richard J. Sullivan in the Southern District of New York in the long […]
Legislative Plans and Updates For the Balance of 2015
The following is a summary of recent and some near-term legislative developments: According to its legislative plan (September 2, 2015), the State Council will accomplish the following during the balance of 2015: […]
Comments of George Mason University on Antitrust Questionnaire
Attached are the comments in Chinese and English of George Mason University’s Global Antitrust Institute on the Questionnaire on Intellectual Property Misuse Antitrust Guidelines distributed by NDRC. The Director of the GAI is Joshua […]
Berkeley China Program Update – Registration and Agenda Available On Line
The US – China IP Conference at Berkeley (October 8-9, 2015) now has its on-line presence fully up and running. Here is the link to conference registration. Here is the conference agenda. […]
The Scotch Whisky Victory for Trademarks
On September 17, the Scotch Whisky Association announced a significant anti-counterfeiting victory in the Anqing Intermediate Court in Anhui Province. The case is Scotch Whisky Association vs. Anhui Guangyu Packaging Company Ltd., […]
China IPR - Intellectual Property Developments in China 