the 273rd Issue: China's Silicon Valley Reports Rise in Patents, R&D Investment-China Intellectual Property

·2015 First-Half Invention Patent Applications in China up 20%

According to the statistics released recently by the State Intellectual Property Office of China (SIPO), a total of 1,124,000 patent applications for the three kinds of patents in China i.e., for invention... More

· SIPO Promotes IP Knowledge among the General Public

A senior official from the State Intellectual Property Office has promised to further promote the knowledge of intellectual property rights among the general Chinese public. Xu Zhijiang, deputy director of SIPO’s patent affairs department... More

News in Brief

· Shanghai Anticipates Surge in IP Cases

· Guangdong: Service Center at Fair to Offer Free Copyright Registrations

· Fujian to Promote Intellectual Property

·Shandong: First China-South Korea Book Copyright Fair Held

· Chinese Music Streams Delete 2 Million Songs

· Qualcomm Wins New Trial in $173m Patent Dispute

· Microsoft Tastes Victory in Motorola SEP Dispute

· Japan Boosts 2020 Logo Defense, Belgian Designer May Take Action

· UK to China Copyright Week to Held on August 31

· Taylor Swift Ordered to Give Deposition in Trademark Infringement Case

China IP Articles

·Perspectives on the dispute of “Daoxiangcun” Issue 66, By X. David Zheng, [Trademark]]

Over the years, in Chinese market of pastries and mooncakes, the Daoxiangcun (“稻香村”) brand and the related trademark litigations have been a dazzling and perplexing phenomenon to the public, particularly the consumers that are kept in the dark... More

·Parallel import and related intellectual property problems Issue 66, By Doris Li, China IP, [Comprehensive Reports]

Parallel importation is no simple foreign trade phenomenon, with multiple motivations, commingling benefits and harms to consumer interests, which should not be handled... More