Former SIPO Commissioner Tian Lipu recently revealed the “legislative history” of the language in the Third Plenum regarding IP, as reflected by former Chief Judge Jiang Zhipei in his chinaiprlaw.cn blog (http://www.chinaiprlaw.cn/file/2014020731400.html). […]
The Back Story on the Third Plenum IPR Language
Legal “Choreography” and the Revised Draft TRAB Rules
Just as the due date for comments on the revised Trademark Law Implementing Regulations expired on February 10, 2014, the State Council Legislative Affairs Office (SCLAO) simultaneously released proposed new Rules of […]
Happy Year of the Horse!
USPTO has the highest Asian-American Pacific Islander workforce (26.2%) of any American government agency, so it wasn’t surprising that the PTO hosted a lion dance for Chinese New Year on Thursday, with […]
IP Developments in Beijing
The newsletter of the Beijing Intellectual Property Institute (www.bipi.org) reports the following related developments in Beijing in its January 2014 edition: First, due to the rapid increase in IP cases in the […]
USPTO China Position Open for Applications
The US Patent and Trademark Office has posted an Attorney Adviser position on Chinese IP matters. The position is open for applicants now and closes January 30, 2014. The position is open […]
Trademark Law Implementing Regulations Open for Public Comment by SCLAO
Since the Trademark Law was passed last year, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce had solicited comments from trademark agents, experts and other third parties in August and September 2013, and […]
Top 10 Internet “Sword” Piracy Cases For 2013
On December 30, the National Copyright Administration of PRC (NCAC), together with the National Internet Information Office, the National Internet Information Office , the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), and the […]
Bilingual Position on China Trade Compliance at Department of Commerce Opens
The US Department of Commerce has posted a trade compliance position on USAjobs.gov: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/358610800. The position involves serving as a Trade Enforcement Analyst-Mandarin Chinese Speaking for the Interagency Trade Enforcement Center (ITEC). The […]
2013: How I Blogged Along…
All told, 2013 was a good year for this blog. The blog averaged 83 hits per day, and our direct traffic was up over 21% to over 30,000 hits for the year. […]
Trade Secret Updates
From the Linkedin Chinese European Intellectual Property Group, CNet, the Taipei Times and other sources: six HTC employees have been indicted on the charge that they stole company secrets. The employees, including […]
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