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, […]
NYU Program on Due Process for Foreign Business in China
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., […]
Cardozo Law China Program September 24 In NYC
Cardozo Journal of International and Comparative Law, in association with the Fashion, Arts, Media & Entertainment (FAME) Center sponsored a program on The US & China: Perspectives on Brand Protection and Intellectual […]
A New Winner: China’s First Patentee in the US and One of China’s First Patentees in China
China’s First Patent Office? In an earlier blog, I noted that Dr. Jin Fuey Moy (梅振魁; Mei Zhenkui, 1862-1924) was the owner of a 1908 patent on an enhanced nutcracker for chestnuts […]
Revised Copyright Administrative Enforcement Punishment Rules Available for Public Comment
NCAC has published a public comment draft of revised Copyight Administrative Punishment Implementing Measures “著作权行政处罚实施办法（修订征求意见稿）”, with comments due Sept 30, 2015. The new draft addresses certain important emerging issues for administrative enforcement, including: punishment […]
China IPR - Intellectual Property Developments in China 