On October 7 of last week, several news services picked up on the September 29, 2015 order of Judge Richard J. Sullivan in the Southern District of New York in the long […]
The Scotch Whisky Victory for Trademarks
On September 17, the Scotch Whisky Association announced a significant anti-counterfeiting victory in the Anqing Intermediate Court in Anhui Province. The case is Scotch Whisky Association vs. Anhui Guangyu Packaging Company Ltd., […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
Comments on the PRC Trademark Law Amendments
by Joe Simone The National People’s Congress (NPC) issued a draft revision of the PRC’s Trademark Law for public comment in December, setting a deadline of January 31, 2013, for the […]
Patent Law Revisions Up for Public Comment
SIPO has just made its proposed draft of revisions to the patent law (fourth amendment?) available on line. With these sets of amendments, China is now in various stages of revising all major IP […]
SIPO announces Annual Strategy and Plans of Implementation for Intellectual Property in 2012
April 26 is International IP day, and in anticipation of the day, Chinese state agencies are announcing plans for intellectual property, releasing statistics, and holding conferences. The activities during this month are […]
The Proview and Apple Controversy – An Increasingly Tangled Web
The ongoing trademark dispute between Proview and Apple, which has now reached Apple’s home state of California, continues to draw attention around the world. A court in Pudong, Shanghai refused to grant […]
China IPR - Intellectual Property Developments in China 