the 245th Issue: The First Mobile Internet Lawsuit on Anti-monopoly on Trial-China Intellectual Property

· China’s First Database for Tire Treads Established

Recently, China’s First Database for Tire Tread s was put into operation. Co-developed by the Rubber Valley Group and the Intellectual Property Publishing House, this database covers around 80,000 design patents... More

· Bayer Acquires a Traditional Chinese Medicine Enterprise

Recently, Bayer AG spent 3.6 billion yuan on the buyout of Kunming Dihon Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (DIHON), one of the leading pharmaceutical companies in Yunnan, China processing a great deal of patents in regard of traditional Chinese medicine... More

News in Brief

· Social effects of Shanghai Intellectual Property Public Service Platform appears gradually

· China’s chip industry awaits boom despite challenges

· Online literature growing at Baidu

· Qualcomm faces $1b fine, cut in fees

· Champagne trade body seeks to put cork in wine critic

· Amazon branded ’playground bully’ in Kindle spat

· Rubik’s Cube should stay trademarked, says EU court

· Police net 20,000 suspects nationwide

· Fresh Ideas and Devices at Invention Exhibition

· He Hua Meets with Korean Delegation from Samsung Electronics

China IP Articles

·Hard won case for Shuangye Furniture Issue 62, By Kevin Nie, China IP, [Comprehensive Reports]

Copycatting and counterfeiting prevails in the furniture industry in China, which makes the innovative enterprises who possess original works vulnerable to infringements... More

·Justification and criteria for copyright protection of trademarks Issue 62, By Yuan Bo, Judge of Shanghai No.2 Intermediate People’s Court, [Trademark]

I. Copyright protection of trademarks
Case 1: Japan Tobacco Inc. v. Trademark Review & Adjudication Board of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, with Wan Jingang as the third party... More