Not very far behind the Supreme People’s Court’s April 10 Judicial Interpretation, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) has published its transitional rules for implementation of the new trademark law, […]
SAIC Issues TM Law Transition Rules
Appellate Decisions in Huawei vs. Interdigital Made Available by Guangdong High Court (revised)
The Guangdong High Court recently made the important 2013 second instance decisions in Huawei vs. Interdigital (2013) Yue Gaofa Minsan Zhougzi No.305, 306), available in a redacted form (Chinese language only). Here are […]
SPC Published Its Judicial Interpretation in Advance of New TM Law Implementation
The Supreme People’s Court has issues a new Judicial Interpretation to guide the courts in implementing China’s new Trademark Law, which goes into effect May 1, 2014. The JI was issued on […]
Some Things You May Not Know About SIPO – 2014 Edition
China’s State Intellectual Property Office is a frequently misapprehended agency. Here are items I gleaned from reading SIPO’s “Brief Introduction and Review of State Intellectual Property Office in China” (2014), which may […]
New Service Invention Draft Regulation…And Web page
SIPO released its latest draft for public comment of its proposed service invention regulations 职务发明条例草案 (送审稿), including a very useful Chinese language webpage on April 1. The website contains additional reference materials […]
USPTO Extends Period to Apply for China IPR Legal Positions
USPTO has extended the deadline to apply for the recently published China IPR legal positions in Washington, DC to April 9: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/364794400. See my earlier post: https://chinaipr.com/2014/03/19/uspto-china-team-attorney-advisor-position-opens/.
US-China IP Cooperation Dialogue Report Released
The “US-China IP Cooperation Dialogue Report” was released last week. The Report was prepared by experts from both the US and China, including co-chairs Professor Liu Chuntian of Renmin University and Joseph […]
A Tale of Many Watersheds
Joseph Sternberg of the Wall Street Journal reported a few days ago that a European company, Ineos, has decided to bring a law suit against a Chinese State Owned Enterprise, Sinopec, for […]
The Problem of “Mountain Stronghold” Teas
How many corrupted officials have got their Ph.D. from corrupted Universities in China?”, asks Sun Yifei, a professor of geography at Calstate Northridge, on the Google S&T and Innovation in China page. The […]
SIPO Amends Exam Guidelines to Provide Design Patent Protection For GUI’s
As I previously blogged, SIPO was considering amending its patent examination guidelines to permit design patent protection for graphical user interfaces (GUI’s). The new examination guidelines were promulgated by SIPO on March […]
China IPR - Intellectual Property Developments in China 