the 291st Issue: China clamps down on illegal, harmful publications-China Intellectual Property

·China clamps down on illegal, harmful publications

The government has launched an eight-month crackdown on the creation, sale and dissemination of illegal and harmful children’s publications... More

·Shen Changyu Met with DKPTO Director General in Beijing

On March 1, Shen Changyu, Commissioner of State Intellectual Property Office of PRC (SIPO) met with Jesper Kongstad, Director General of Danish Patent and Trademark Office (DKPTO) in Beijing... More

· China again fastest-growing origin for EPO applications

China was the fastest-growing origin of patent applications in Europe again last year, according to an annual report released by the European Patent Office last week in Brussels... More

News in Brief

· International IP Law Firms 2016 Look Forward to Your Participation

· Strengthen the Protection and Use of Intellectual Property Rights

· Nanjing college establishes center to increase patents

· Shanghai seeks to become IP hub for Asia-Pacific region

· Hong Kong government drops copyright bill

· Patent Pledge Financing Exceeds 56 Billion Yuan in 2015

· Alliance of Global Intellectual Property Service Established

· WIPO’s World Intellectual Property Indicators 2015 Released

· Gansu: Gansu Province Teams with Guangdong on IP Trade

· Alibaba Signed MOU To Combat Online Counterfeiting

China IP Articles

·Application of Notification-Removal Rule in Patent Infringement by E-commerce Platforms Issue 69, By Ma Yuanchao, Senior Partner of Shanghai Co-effort Law Firm LLP, [Comprehensive Reports]

In 1998 the United States introduced the notification-removal rule for the first time in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)... More

·Importers Shall Not Be Exempted from Liability for Compensation on the Grounds of Legitimate Sources Under Trademark Law Issue 69, By Zhang Huasong, PhD Student at East China University of Political Science and Law, Judge of Shanghai First Intermediate People’s Court, [Trademark]

Selling goods without awareness of such goods’ infringement of the exclusive right to use a trademark shall be exempted from liability for compensation insofar as the seller is able to prove that... More