Here’s a forthcoming program in NY/NJ area that intends to cover the full range of China IP-related issues in one day. I hope to see you there on February 12, 2015!
China IP A-Z, Forthcoming NY/NJ Bar CLE Program (Feb. 12, 2015)
Prison Inventions and Patent Subsidies
The South China Morning Post reported recently on jailhouse inventors, a topic that you may have first read about here. According to the SCMP and Beijing Youth Daily, various provinces have different […]
Synergies and Contrasts Between The National IP Strategy Action Plan and Fourth Plenum (with contrasting wordclouds)
“”” Here is an unofficial translation of the English language translation of the Action plan of the National IP Strategy (2014 -2020) (NIPS), about which I previously blogged. A wordcloud from this English translation is above […]
A Good Year for the Blog
This blog had a very good year last year. We exceeded 100,000 direct page views total for the blog since launch in 2011, with about half of those page views in 2014. We grew our […]
USPTO’s 2014 Performance and Accountability Report and China
USPTO recently released its Fiscal Year 2014 Performance & Accountability Report. Here’s a quick summary of where China is specifically mentioned: Patent Applications and Grants: From 2010 to 2013, mainland China showed […]
Action Plan for Further Implementation of the National IP Strategy (2014-2020) Approved
According to a Chinese Government website, on December 29, the State Council reviewed and approved the Action Plan for Further Implementation of the National IP Strategy (2014-2020) (Action Plan). The Outline of the National […]
Changing Times in China’s Hundred Acre Wood
The Walt Disney Company continues to zealously protect its various brands, including Winnie the Pooh. China Daily reported last month that Disney won a law suit against an apparent trademark squatter. The […]
IP Position Opens at USTR
USTR is looking for a “trade analyst” who, ideally, can speak Chinese and will be engaged in “IPR and innovation trade problems.” The deadline for applying is January 2, 2015. Here is a […]
Standards and IP – December Updates
Nearly every week there is a new development somewhere in the world on IP and standards. China has been no exception. I already blogged about several of them of them, including EIPC […]
JCCT 2014 Winds Up – Joint Fact Sheets Now Released
The 2014 JCCT was hosted by the US government in Chicago, Illinois this year. Here is a link to the updated English fact sheet (released Dec. 29) (Chinese:第25届中美商贸联委会联合成果清单) that is now a joint fact sheet. Here is […]
China IPR - Intellectual Property Developments in China 