the 270th Issue: Vice Premier Vows Strict Punishment on Counterfeit Products-China Intellectual Property

· Malta and China Agree IP Deal

Malta and China have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) which aims to increase cooperation on intellectual property matters between the two nations... More

· Alibaba and Doraemon Join Hands to Offer ’Miraculous Gadgets’

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd is joining hands with Japanese cartoon character Doraemon to offer consumers "miraculous gadgets from... More

News in Brief

· Beijing: Internet Video Companies Set up Self-regulating Union

· Regulation Tightened for Music Websites

· City and Magazine Battle for Trademark

· Huawei and European Partners Join Forces as EU 5G Research Levels up

· New Balance Was Sued for Trademark Infringement for Its Chinese Translation

· Extended: Federal Court Dismisses Rimini Street’s Key Defense Claim

· Apple Is Getting Sued Over the Name iWatch

· Google Patent Search Upgrade Adds Prior Art & Scholar Results

· Samsung Wins Patent For Smartphone-Based Body Fat Analysis

· Cisco Indirect Infringement Case against Arista Dismissed

China IP Articles

·Geographical indications of origin: the Scotch Whisky journey Issue 66, By Lindesay Low, Scotch Whisky Association Legal Adviser, [Trademark]

Scotch Whisky has been made in Scotland for over 500 years and it has grown from a cottage industry, where farmers distilled their left over barley to prevent it going to waste, to one of... More

·Building respect for IP online: the French preventive tools against counterfeiting Issue 66, By Jean-Baptiste BARBIER, Representative of the French IP Office (INPI) in China Counsellor for IP at the French Embassy in Beijing, [Internet & Domain]

This is the success story of a government that, by facilitating the adoption of equitable trade standards for protectingintellectual property online managed to durably decrease counterfeiting... More