the 225th Issue: Hot Discussions on the Hierarchy of China's Intellectual Property Courts: Intermediate Courts or the Supreme-China Intellectual Property

· Apple Inc. failed in its administrative lawsuit against SIPO

The administrative lawsuit filed by Apple Inc. against China’s State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) was pronounced on July 8th... More

· New scheme to improve legal certainty on pending applications

Starting this month the EPO is introducing a new scheme to improve legal certainty on pending patent applications... More

News in Brief

·Youku Tudou Inc. sued iQiYi.com and PPStream for piracy and claimed compensation of 15.7 million yuan

· The dispute on the trademark of Tesla escalated since a Chinese businessman Zhan Baosheng sued Tesla again

· Final judgment on the "Kobe" trademark dispute ended up with the approval of registration

· EU fines 6 companies 428 mln euros for curbing entry of cheaper drugs

· 7th Meeting of IP5 Heads and Deputy Heads of Offices Held in South Korea

· Chinese Administrative Organs Seizes above 40,000 IP Infringement Cases in First 4 Months

· Shanghai holds first patent information conference

· Japan’s central bank maintains view of regional economies, despite tax hike

· European patent validation agreement signed with Tunisia

· Long Xiang: Let More University Patents Go Aboard

China IP Articles

· Concentrated professionalism-An interview with the Unitalen litigation team Issue 60, By Jessie Chen, China IP, [Comprehensive Reports]

In recent years, the cases represented by Beijing Unitalen Law Office (Unitalen) has been frequently selected in the top 10 IP cases and 50 model IP cases of the Supreme People’s Court of the People’s Republic of China... More

· Joint ownership of trademarks and judicial practice-An analysis with comment on "BEIREN-TSK and image" case Issue 60, Duan Xiaomei, Chief of Cases Section, Trademark Review Board, State Administration for Industry and Commerce, [Trademark]

Applicants A and B jointly filed an application with the Trademark Office to register "BEIREN-TSK and image" trademark (Requested Trademark) for printing plate making machines and others in Class 7 on April 23rd 2002... More