Here’s some humbling data drawn from the Annual Judgment Data of the Supreme People’s Court (2011). These data are a reminder that the IP docket is a small part of the overall […]
Foreign IP Litigation in China: How Important Is It?
Judicial Trends in Beijing … and Countercyclical Trends
The Beijing Intellectual Property Institute, which is run by former Judge Cheng Yongshun (www.bipi.org) reports the following data on the Beijing IP litigation for the first half of 2012:
Third Draft of the Copyright Law Amendments Undergoing Internal Review
The Berkeley Center for Law and Technology hosted a program on IP developments in China, including a discussion concerning the proposed revisions to China’s copyright law. A useful powerpoint by Ma Xiaogang, […]
New State Council Opinion on Improving Administrative/Criminal IPR Enforcement Coordination
On September 12 the State Council Standing Committee, chaired by Wen Jiabao, passed a new “Opinion on Concerning How to Improve The Work of Coordinating Administrative and Criminal Enforcement in Striking At […]
SENIOR ATTORNEY U.S. DOJ ANTITRUST DIVISION FOREIGN COMMERCE SECTION
About the Office: The U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, is seeking a highly qualified attorney to serve as a senior Attorney in its Foreign Commerce Section. This attorney would be responsible […]
Building the Ladder: China’s Patent System Over the Past 30 Years
Prof. Peter Yu has written a useful summary of China’s patent developments over the past 30 years and before called “Building the Ladder: Three Decades of Development of the Chinese Patent System,” which […]
China’s Overlooked National Reading Survey Report
One of the useful, but neglected, empirical sources on copyright issues in China is China’s National Reading Survey Report. The most recent volume that I have is from 2009. It was published […]
Update on National Academies and Standardization
I went to the National Academies program on October 3 on Standardization and Intellectual Property, and served as a commenter on the presentations on standardization in the developing world – a link […]
Job Announcement: Chief of Party, JURIS project
China The Asia Foundation, an international non-governmental organization committed to the development of a peaceful, prosperous, and open Asia-Pacific region, is seeking a Chief of Party for its Justice Under Rule of […]
P&G Posts IP Position in Beijing
Procter & Gamble is hiring for Counsel or Patent Advisor in Intellectual Property in Legal in Beijing as part of their Asia Innovation Group. The position requires a patent background. Here’s the link: […]
China IPR - Intellectual Property Developments in China 