the 279th Issue: China Launches First Big Data Pilot Zone-China Intellectual Property

·China Launches First Big Data Pilot Zone

China launched its first big data pilot zone in the southwestern province of Guizhou last Friday... More

·Name List: The 15 Most Innovative Countries in the World

Since 2008, Cornell University, INSEAD, and the World Intellectual Property Organization have released the annual Global Innovation Index. Basically, it’s a list of the most innovative countries in the world... More

· Singapore and UK Boost Intellectual Property Cooperation

An MOU signed between IPOS and the UK Intellectual Property Office will improve international cooperation between the two IP offices, on issues relating to copyright, patents, trade mark and design... More

News in Brief

· U.S. Universities Still at Top in Scientific Innovation, But Asia is Catching up

· Samsung Must Pay Apple $548 Million, US Court Affirms

· Monkey Who Took Grinning ’Selfie’ Should Own Copyright: US Lawsuit

· "Happy Birthday" Copyright Ruled to Be Invalid

· Apple Prepares for Even Thinner iPhones, Files Patent Application for Shaved down Headphone Plug

· Netizens Accuse Didi of Copying New Logo

· Nokia Working on New Technology with Ericsson

· Pandora Wins Round at U.S. Copyright Office

· Foreign Oil and Gas Investors Work to Protect Their IP in China

· IP Sector Encouraged to Take Advantage of Internet, Big Data

China IP Articles

·Landmark IP Cases of China-Influential & Foreign Related (2014) (Trade Secrets & Unfair Competition Cases) Issue 67, By China IP, [Trade Secrets]

Case 1: Determination of Losses of Rights Holders in the Crime of Technical Secrets Infringement
First-instance Case No.: (2012) PuXing(Zhi)ChuZi No. 42
Second-instance Case No.: (2013) HuYiZhongXing(Zhi) ZhongZi No. 10... More

·The Rights of Prior User of Unregistered Trademarks and Liability for Civil Compensation for Trademark Infringement Issue 67, By Doris Li, China IP, [Patent]

China has a “first-to-file” system for trademark protection, but the new Trademark Law which took effect as of 1 May 2014 for the first time provides for the prior right to... More