the 201st Issue:the 6th meeting of the Select Committee of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation-China Intellectual Property

·Broadcasting Treaty Moving At WIPO; Library Copyright Exceptions Slower

After a week of work on the three current subjects of the World Intellectual Property Organization copyright committee, member states mostly made progress on a potential treaty to protect broadcasting organisations... More

· 15% national top 500 firms located in Beijing

The ranking of enterprises with respect to indigenous innovation capacity was newly released by the research center of the State Council and China Enterprise Evaluation Association, 15% of which are located in Beijing...More

News in Brief

· CIPR courts ’would be helpful’

· Top officials forge ties with ROK

· Coca-Cola loses bid to block Pepsi bottle in New Zealand

· A car named Hustler? Japan’s brand names raise eyebrows

· Beijing: Chinese QR codes

· The TM5 (JPO, KIPO, OHIM, SAIC, USPTO)

· Mainland opens qualification tests to Taiwan

· Jiangsu: Top-three Rank in IP

· Chongqing: Overseas Patent Applications

· FTZ aims for global compliance

China IP Articles

· Sharing and learning——Interview with Colin Birss, justice of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales Issue57, By Emily Tan, China IP,[Comprehensive Reports]

The UK is considered to be the first country to have a modern patent system. The Statute of Monopolies, which was passed in 1624, is said to constitute the origins of modern intellectual property legislation... More

· Policies, changes and responses —discussion on the third amendment of China’s Trademark Law Issue 57, By Celia Y. Li, Tai Guo,[Comprehensive Reports]

The third Amendment to the Trademark Law of PRC was published by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China (the NPC Standing Committee) on August 30th 2013... More