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 […]
Some Things You May Not Know About SIPO – 2014 Edition
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 […]
USPTO China Team Attorney-Advisor Position Opens
USPTO has announced a position for US citizens on the China team. Here is the link: http://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/364794400 . The position requires US citizenship, a law degree, knowledge and experience in intellectual property and the […]
Oklahoma Attorney General Sues Chinese Company For Use of PIrated Software
On Thursday March 13, Oklahoma joined the expanding list of US states that are utilizing their state competition laws to address products sold in their markets that enjoy an unfair competitive advantage […]
SAIC Announces Beginning of Revision Process to Anti-Unfair Competition Law
SAIC has announced on its website that it has “formally” begun the topic of revision the Anti-Unfair Competition Law (which includes trade secrets): http://www.saic.gov.cn/fldyfbzdjz/gzdt/201403/t20140303_142680.html. (《反不正当竞争法》修法课题正式启动). According to this press report, the SAIC Competition Enforcement […]
China IPR - Intellectual Property Developments in China 