the 188th Issue: Riding the crest of a boom in IPR-China Intellectual Property

·Riding the crest of a boom in IPR

With the Chinese government starting a nationwide effort to strengthen IPR protection through the legal system and the Chinese courts, it is boom time for intellectual property rights in China... More

·Legal experts help unravel US patent investigations into Chinese firms

The US International Trade Commission on Monday initiated a patent investigation into a Chinese medical device company and its two US entities, instituting yet another Section 337 probe involving Chinese companies... More

News in Brief

· Guangdong: Dongguan hosts animation IP fest

· Zhejiang: China gaining in filings ranking

· Toward a better IPR regime

· Cloudary extends script to movie industry

· Qingdao to hold Northeast Asia Copyright Trade Fair

· Protection plus

· One step forward, two steps back

· Mockery within the law

· Samsung refused retrial over ’overscroll bounce’ patent in Apple dispute

· Australian, Chinese universities sign joint research partnership

China IP Articles

· Model IP Cases of China From 2012 (1) Issue 55, By Kevin Nie, China IP,[Comprehensive Reports]

1. Trademark infringement and unfair competition case over the “BMW” trademark
1st Inst. Case No.: (2011) ErZhongMinChuZi No. 4789 Civil Judgment, the Beijing Second Intermediate People’s Court
2nd Inst. Case No.: (2012) GaoMinZhongZi No. 918 Civil Judgment, the Beijing Higher People’s Court... More