the 213th Issue:Chinese focus for largest global trademark event-China Intellectual Property

·Wireless tech giant IDC pledges fair licensing fees

To end a monopoly investigation against it in China, US wireless technology giant InterDigital Communications has pledged to license use of its patents in "fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory terms", local media reports... More

· China’s FDI into US zeroing in on high-tech sector: report

The two major goals currently driving Chinese investment into the US high-tech sector are increased market share and financial return, but the trading relationship is not without thorns, according to a new report from the Rhodium Group... More

News in Brief

· HK Customs Seizes Counterfeit Goods at 270,000 HKD

· Geneva Internet Platform Launches: Neutral Ground For Net Governance

· Senate Patent Reform Bill Delayed Yet Again

· Korea’s advanced patent administration to be further exported to the Middle East

· WHO Guidelines May Help With Price Reductions For Hepatitis C Drugs

· Kanye West’s Adidas sneakers released in June

· Jiangsu: Study IP at New School

· Hebei: Target in Sight

· Yunnan: Fraudsters Named and Shamed

· Chongqing: Bee Breeders Buzzing

China IP Articles

· The significance of UK in EU’s IP system -- Interview with Neil Feinson, director of international policy, UKIPO Issue 58,By Stella Yang,China IP,[Comprehensive Reports]

The UK, as the earliest industrialized country and the first one to establish Intellectual Property (IP), has always been a world leader in terms of IP reform. With the increasing advancement of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in Europe, the UK has played an active role in the implementation of the UPC...More

· A referential comparison of international practices in calculating damages in patent infringement cases Issue 58, By Ma Yunpeng, Assistant Judge, IP Division, Beijing Second Intermediate People’s Court,[Patent]

Calculating damages in patent infringement cases has always been a difficult problem... More