the 257th Issue: China to nurture world-class timepiece brands-China Intellectual Property

· IP protection office set up

The Supreme People’s Court set up a judicial protection research center for intellectual property rights on March 18. Zhou Qiang, president of the court, said that the center needed to... More

·Patent examination center

The first patent examination cooperation center in western China started operation on March 20 in Chengdu. The center, the sixth of its kind outside Beijing, examines... More

News in Brief

· China marks advances in copyright protection

· UK government announces IP education goal

· US Supreme Court rules on TTAB preclusion in B&B Hardware case

· Huawei top intl applicant

· Online firms should ensure safety and quality, says Suning chief

· Illegal Model Jet

· Wong Lo Kat spat

· Shanghai: Top keyboard app

· Xinjiang: 37 patent awards

· Guangxi: Distance IP learning

China IP Articles

·Global landscape of IP law changing - Japan Issue 64, By Liu Ying, Ph.D. Candidate of Hokkaido University, Special Correspondent of China IP,[Comprehensive Reports]

In 2002, Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi announced the policy of creating “a nation built on the platform of scientific and technological creativity,” specifically, by strategically protecting and utiliting the results of research and innovative activities to enhance Japan’s industrial competitiveness. In... More

·Determination of copyright ownership in digital photographic works Issue 64, By Deng Mengtian, Judge of the Intellectual Property Tribunal of Ningbo Intermediate People’s Court, Zhejiang Province,[Copyright]

I. Fact

Plaintiff Jin Renxi is a photographer, who claimed copyright to a photo “Recliner Advertising Posture,” for which he submitted in evidence one CD containing the photo and a printed copy of the photo. The CD showed the digital photo was created... More