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 […]
Cardozo Law China Program September 24 In NYC
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 […]
Asking the “Better Questions”: Lessons for the AML … from a Nobel Physics Laureate
Several people have reached out to me in the past few weeks about questionnaires that have been sent out by China’s National Development and Reform Commission, which brought the Qualcomm IP abuse […]
IP Tax Management in China – Navigating the Thicket in Light of Global Tax Reforms
This guest posting from KPMG looks at the evolving Chinese tax environment for multinational enterprise (MNE) management of IP tax issues. KPMG China has prepared a detailed overview of these issues, alongside […]
Second US-China IPR Cooperation Dialogue Report Released
The 2014-15 US – China IP Cooperation Dialogue report has been just released by the US Chamber of Commerce. The Chinese title: 中美知识产权学者对话纪要. Here is a link to last year’s report for comparison. […]
UC Berkeley and FCBA Programs Upcoming in October
Two of my favorite China IP programs will be taking place this October. From October 8-9, UC Berkeley will be hosting the 4th Annual US-China IP Conference: Best Practices for Innovation and […]
Developments in Online Civil Copyright Enforcement in China: NCAC’s Analysis
The National Copyright Administration of China (NCAC), in its 2014 Annual Report Online Copyright Protection in China (2014年中国网络版权保护年度报告), analyzed published opinions on online civil copyright cases involving the “right of transmission to […]
Vringo vs ZTE: What the NDA Dispute in New York Suggests For Licensing Strategies
As many of my readers may know, I was not a fan of the Chinese courts’ decisions in Huawei vs. Interdigital in Shenzhen and Guangdong, which raised a number of process and […]
US Chamber – China Director Position
The US Chamber of Commerce has posted a position for Director, China. As much as 50% of the work in this position involves intellectual property and antitrust. Please send your application to our […]
China IPR - Intellectual Property Developments in China 