the 52nd Issue:China Launches Campaign to Crack down on Online Piracy-China Intellectual Property

·China Launches Campaign to Crack down on Online Piracy
Chinese authorities launched a three-month nationwide campaign on Wednesday to crack down on illegal pirating on the Internet. Internet websites based in China that are found selling pirated books, DVDs, or other publications, as well as those providing links to pirated music, software, and movies, could be blocked and shut down.More

·Prize-winning photo was fake
An award-winning photographer has forfeited his first-place prize in a photo contest sponsored by a Beijing environmental group after it was revealed that his picture was the reverse image of a photo that the winner stole from another photographer.More

·Bright makes first deal abroad

The share price of Bright Dairy & Food hit its upper trading limit by rising 10 percent Monday, following its announcement to invest in New Zealand's Synlait Milk for its high quality milk powder. China's third largest dairy producer, Bright announced Monday it would invest NZ$82 million ($57.95 million) for 51 percent stake of Synlait Milk.More

·Sony sues four companies for copyright infringement
Sony has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against four organizations, including the Beijing Book Building, for nearly 10.6 million yuan for the unauthorized sale of Jay Chou and Michael Jackson albums. A court in Beijing accepted the case on July 14.More

·Online rites of loss, loss of rights
·Microsoft settles software piracy dispute against CITIC-Kington
·Growing the IP knowledge base new e-learning module IPR Enforcement Mechanisms
·Training on electronic patent application opened
·First civil anti-piracy union found in Beijing
·MIIT releases IPR Promotion Plan
·National Foreign-invested Enterprises IPR Protection Forum Held in Guangzhou
·Germany, China ink billions in deals
·Liu Binjie meets with officials of Australian Attorney-General's Department

·Senior Chinese leader urges auto industry to foster domestic brand
·Hunan takes actions to protect exclusive rights of Expo logo
·IP protection symposium for domestic enterprises held
·Press conference for 2010 patent fair held in Shenyang

China IP Articles

·New Patent Law: Is the Wolf Coming? Issue 36 By Doris Li, China IP,[Patent]

China’s new Patent Law, coming into effect on October 1, 2009, has been in force for nearly six months. The revisions to the two articles concerning patent agency have led to the alarm that “the wolf is coming.” Is there any “wolf” after all? What threat will the “foreign wolf” bring? A China IP reporter interviewed related personages.More

·Voices from the Corporate Sector Issue 36 By Zhou Yi, China IP,[Comprehensive Reports]During the previous NPC and CPPCC sessions, we interviewed Ms. Wang Longxia, director of Intellectual Property Office of Galanz Group. This year she again tabled a motion on behalf of the corporate sector. The difference is that this year she was “sided” by Zong Qinghou, the Board Chairman of Wahaha Group.More