the 191st Issue: Has China turned the corner on IP?-China Intellectual Property

·MSIP and KIPO to help turn people’s creative ideas into profitable patents

Ms. A, a working mother with a four-year-old child wondered if there was another way for tired mothers to read books to their children after a long day at work. It was then that she came up with the idea of a book reading robot... More

·Has China turned the corner on IP?

In the West, there was once a widespread fear of protecting IP in China. The Chinese approach to innovation frustrated rights owners: its culture, Westerners said, showed an inherent lack of respect for supporting creation... More

News in Brief

· New study finds one in three jobs in Europe generated by IPR-intensive industries

· CIPA 2013: UK update on Unitary Patent

· DLA Piper hires four-lawyer IP team from Jones Day in Beijing

· South Africa could overhaul patent policy

· Russia and EPO announce patent collaborations

· In Short: EU Consultation on New European Approach to Business Insolvency

· Contract signed for new EPO building in The Hague

· IP5 offices agree on joint PPH pilot programme

· WIPO General Assembly Opens With Loaded Agenda

· BlackBerry agrees to bid to go private

China IP Articles

· Model IP Cases of China from 2012 (3) Issue 55, By Kevin Nie, China IP,[Comprehensive Reports]

9. Dispute on trademark administrative penalties: Suzhou Dingsheng Food Co., Ltd. v. Suzhou Administration for Industry and Commerce, Jiangsu
1st Inst. Case No.: (2011) SuZhong(Zhi)ChuZi No. 0001 Administrative Judgment, the Suzhou Intermediate People’s Court... More

· Model IP Cases of China from 2012 (4) Issue 55, By Kevin Nie, China IP,[Comprehensive Reports]

13. Copyright infringement dispute (ultraman case): Shanghai Century Huachuang Cultural Images Management Co., Ltd. v. Hubei Xinyijia Supermarket Co., Ltd.
1st Inst Case No.: (2011) Wu(Zhi)ChuZi No. 378 Civil Judgment, the Wuhan Intermediate People’s Court... More

· Model IP Cases of China from 2012 (5) Issue 55, By Kevin Nie, China IP,[Comprehensive Reports]

17. Trade secret infringement dispute: General Energy Inc. of the United States v. Hualu Engineering & Technology Co., Ltd., Shandong Hualu Hengsheng Co., Ltd. and The Northwest Research Institute of Chemical Industry... More