My colleague at Fordham Law, Geoffrey Sant, has written an interesting blog on Salon “McDonald’s self-hating complex: Why its overseas P.R. campaign is the worst of all time” that addresses McDonald’s Chinese […]
“I’m Lovin’ it!” – A “Wrong Way” for McDonalds?
Geographical Indications: Guides and Commitments
The EU China IPR SME Help Desk recently published a Guide to Geographic Indications in China that may be useful for European companies seeking to protect geographical indications in China, and for […]
NYU Lunch Program on China IP on March 5, 2015
On March 5, I will be joining Prof. Barton Beebe and others at NYU in a luncheon discussion on IP issues in China. I have attended or spoken at several of these […]
Draft JI Issued by SPC for Action Preservation Measures in IP and Competition Law Matters
On February 26, the Supreme People’s Court published for public Comment a draft SPC Judicial Interpretation on Concrete Issues in Application of Law in Determination of Action Preservation Measures in Intellectual Property […]
Five Year Judicial Reform Plan And Specialized IP Courts
On February 26th, the Supreme Peoples Court released its fourth five year reform plan (2014-208) (最高人民法院关于全面深化人民法院改革的意见) (dated February 4, 2015). Intellectual Property is the third item listed of sixty-five action “Key Tasks […]
Federal Circuit Announces October Shanghai Program
The Federal Circuit Bar Association has recently announced its October 19-20, 2015 program in Shanghai, China, with the title “Intellectual Property & Trade 2015: Adjudication, Administration, and Innovation October, 2015 Shanghai, China.” Here […]
Federal Circuit Affirms Findings of Non-Infringement and Invalidity in Interdigital 337 Appeal
In a non-precedential opinion authored by Chief Judge Prost and released today, the Federal Circuit affirmed findings of non-infringement or invalidity in the five patents asserted by InterDigital in Certain Wireless Devices with […]
Top 10 Internet “Sword Action” Piracy Cases For 2014
Let’s fight with gentle words Till time lend friends, and friends their helpful swords. (Shakespeare, King Richard the Second) On January 14, 2015, the National Copyright Administration of PRC (NCAC), together with […]
On Presidents, Leaders and Patents
Today, February 15, 2015, is the Presidents Day holiday in the United States. This holiday celebrates the birthdays of two of America’s greatest presidents, George Washington (February 22), and Abraham Lincoln (February […]
Plant Variety Protections Likely to Improve
This news comes to us from our colleagues at the Beijing Intellectual Property Institute (BIPI) (北京务实知识产权发展中心). A revised draft Seed Law was completed by the NPC Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee in […]
China IPR - Intellectual Property Developments in China 