the 211th Issue: China Breaks into Global Top Three PCT Filers-China Intellectual Property

·China Hightlights Innovation’s Role in Adjusting and Upgrating Economic Structure

"The Innovation is the motive force for adjusting and upgrading the economic structure. China needs to make innovation become the core of China’s development, promote the full integration of science and technology with economic and social development, and elevate China’s industries to the high range of the global value chain... More

· China Granted 208,000 Invention Patents in 2013

China’s State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) in Beijing released the data of invention patents in 2013 on February 20... More

News in Brief

· Preparatory Committee for UPC revises 2015 deadline

· TRAB Revoked Johnson & Johnson Trademark

· OHIM hosts conference to fight piracy in sport

· Vancouverite drops lawsuit against Cameron over Avatar copyright

· Political ad blocked for Simpsons reference

· Brook Brothers Encounters a Trademark Dispute

· How Korean Wave Trends the World?

· Shanghai ranks the sixth in registered trademark in force

· Beijing: Sharp rise in IP cases

· He Hua Attends 69th Session of WIPO Coordination Committee

China IP Articles

· The Future Patent System of the European Union Issue 59, By Niklas Mattsson, Partner, European Patent Attorney at Awapatent,[Patent]

By now, regardless of home country, most people who are active in the IP field have heard that the member states of the European Union (EU) have agreed on new legislation concerning unitary patent protection throughout the union...More

· Overview of EU copyright levy system-in the case of mobile phones Issue 58, By Guo Yabing, He Dufeng, IP Managers of ZTE,[Copyright]

IIt is important to understand its origin and the working, for those to enter the EU market. This article will take the case of mobile phones to briefly illustrate the EU copyright levy system... More