A program on January 28, 2015 at Brookings in DC, demonstrated how China indeed is “crossing the rule of law river by feeling the IP stones.” Two Chinese judges – Supreme Peoples […]
Brookings Program Highlights China’s Legal and IP Reforms
Revised Patent Administrative Enforcement Rules – Is SIPO Building an Administrative System so the Patent Law Amendments Will Come?
On January 27, 2015 SIPO released a revised draft of its Patent Administrative Enforcement rules for public comment. The released draft includes a line by line comparison with the last version (Feb. […]
Update on Specialized IP Courts
There are a number of developments in China’s efforts to roll out China’s three new specialized IP courts by the end of the year. Information is being shared at conferences, via […]
SPC President’s Report on Adjudication Highlights Some Key IPR Judicial Developments
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 […]
The Back Story on the Third Plenum IPR Language
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). […]
