Late last month, MIIT’s IP Center had released a Template for Intellectual Property Rights Policies of Industry Standardization Organizations for public comment. According to MIIT’s IP Center, this is not a government […]
Some Comments on MIIT’s Template for IP Policies in Industry Standards Organizations
IPO Webinar on Specialized IP Courts and A Blog Too from Nottingham
Intellectual Property Owners hosted a great webinar on “China’s New IP Courts: What U.S. Companies Need to Know.” Speakers include Benjamin Bai from Allen & Overy, Gang Hu from CCPIT Patent and […]
Two Upcoming Conferences
MIIT’s IP Center is hosting its annual program on Intellectual Property Standards and Anti-Monopoly Law December 10-11 in Beijing. Information is available here. For information on the IP Center see http://www.miitip.com/, or […]
Indie Music and Copyright in China
The Dong Dong 东 动 Music Festival takes place in Beijing Nov. 26 – 29. On Nov. 27 and 28 there are programs on the business side of the music industry, including a panel […]
IP in the Xi-Obama Meeting – Following the Data Stream
There wasn’t much IP in the recent meeting of the Chinese and US heads of State at APEC in Beijing, nor should one expect more than a brief mentioning amongst all the […]
Making the List: China Law Blogs
Carla Spina at Harvard Law School has compiled the following list of China Law Listserves, Blogs and Forums. We are honored to be on this list, with some great company: Chinese legal […]
A Deeper Dive Into the Jurisdiction and Role of Specialized IP Courts
As we previously reported the NPC’s Standing Committee established three Specialized IP Courts in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou. The Supreme People’s Court and the cities’ High Courts are now in the process […]
Warner Music and Tencent Enter Into Strategic Partnership: From the Licensing Bubble to Michael Buble?
In a move that may be a hopeful harbinger for the future Warner Music Group and Tencent have entered into a “groundbreaking” strategic partnership in China. The companies said a joint announcement […]
Loyola/Berkeley/Renmin Program Highlights Recent US-China IP Developments
On Friday November 7 I attended and spoke at the US-China IP Summit at Loyola (https://chinaipr.com/2014/09/07/loyola-los-angeles-hosts-us-china-ip-summit-november-7/). Here are some highlights: Prof. David Nimmer (UCLA) talked about whether there is a need to reintroduce […]
New SPC Guidance on Appointments to and Jurisdiction of Specialized IP Courts
There have been two documents released recently on specialized IP courts. One is the “Guiding Opinion of the Supreme Peoples Court on on the Work of Choosing Judges Rules for the IP […]
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