SPC President Zhou Qiang spelled out some key IPR judicial developments in report to the National People’s Congress and Chinese People’s Consultative Congress on March 10. A full text of the report […]
SPC President’s Report on Adjudication Highlights Some Key IPR Judicial Developments
USPTO Working Paper on Growth in China’s Patent Filings
The Office of the Chief Economist at USPTO has published a working paper on “Perspectives on the growth in Chinese patent applications to the USPTO” (Working Paper No. 2014-1, by Alan Marco, […]
Thomas Jennings and Jin Fuey Moy: Patents for Struggling Minorities – Black History Month
It is black history month in the United States. So here’s a question: what do Thomas Jennings and Jin Fuey Moy have in common? They certainly never met each other. Thomas Jennings […]
Comings and Goings: US Chamber and CISAC
The US Chamber of Commerce in Washington, DC has recently posted a job as Senior Director, China. The position requires; 10+ years’ China-related experience; a broad network of contacts in the United […]
Truth or False: Dream of the Red Chamber and the Terra Cotta Warriors
“When falsehood stands for truth, truth likewise becomes false.” — Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber A French author has challenged the authenticity of the Terra Cotta figures in Xi’an, suggesting […]
The Door Opens Wider on Administrative Enforcement Transparency
The State Council recently promulgated its notice of its “Trial Opinion” on Making Publicly Available According to Law Information on Administrative Penalties Concerning the Production and Sale of Fake, Counterfeit and Sub-standard […]
Pharmaceutical Patent Linkage: Are Rumors of Its Death Premature?
At the end of last year, I noted that CFDA’s proposed new Drug Registration Rule could spell the end of China’s limited patent linkage regime. A new public comment draft of the […]
New Trademark Related Judicial Guidance and E-Commerce Enforcement Rule
Joe Simone at Simone Intellectual Property Services, has shared a translation of the recent Beijing Higher People’s Court Guidance on Hearing Trademark Administrative Cases (Jan. 2014). In view of the high number […]
New TRAB Rules in Translation
USPTO has kindly made available an unofficial translation of the proposed new rules of the TRAB that were recently released for public comment. Here they are. My original blog on the Rules […]
A Basic IPR Law for China?
Is China now considering the adoption of an integrated Basic IPR Law? And what would that mean to existing legislative efforts? The idea of a basic law on IP has been under […]
China IPR - Intellectual Property Developments in China 