the 178th Issue: SIPO seeking more agents to meet demand for patent services-China Intellectual Property

BERN, Switzerland, May 25 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Saturday stressed the significance of innovation and called for more technological cooperation between enterprises... More

·SIPO seeking more agents to meet demand for patent services

In order to attract a better pool of applicants, the State Intellectual Property Office gave prospective patent agents an additional week to sign up for the national qualification exam this year... More

·China’s Software Piracy Rate Was 11.8% in 2012

On May 20, Chinalabs.com, a consulting and research company, issued an annual report on China’s software piracy rate in 2012. In terms of the quantity of software installed, the software piracy rate reached 11.8%, similar to that of 2011.... More

· Jim Rogers joins FAB...upbeat on China’s digital culture

· Filmmakers have plenty of dreams in the works

· Literary Couple’s Letters Off Auction Amid Protest

· Tian Lipu Heads a Delegation to JMLS

· China Celebrates the Fifth Anniversary of IPR Strategy Implementation

· Problems still hindering growth of film industry

· Extra Bogged Down in Namesake Trademark Dispute

· Patent Applications Surge in China but Quality Remains Low

· Alibaba Tightened Crackdown on Piracy

· IN BRIEF

· The Analysis on the registrability of the sound mark in the latest Chinese Trademark Law amendment Issue 54, By Zhang Nan,[Trademark]

The Chinese Trademark Law is currently being amended for the third time. The legislative purpose of this amendment differs from the previous two amendments. The intent of the previous amendment was to revise the law after China joined the Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks (Singapore Treaty) in 2008... More

· Liabilities of Group Buying Sites in Trademark Infringement Cases Issue 54, By Zhao Lin, Yang Kai,[Trademark]

Group buying has achieved rapid development after entering the Chinese market. Though fierce competitions led to the integration and reorganization among thousands of group buying sites, the transaction volume of group buying still reached 21.632 billion yuan in 2011, according to the 2011 Annual Report on Network Group Buying Industry in China... More