the 299th Issue: Nice Classification: 11th Edition Comes into Force-China Intellectual Property

·Federal Circuit Vacates PTAB Decision on Apple Touchscreen Patent

Apple secured a win on January 3, at the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in a dispute centering on a patent for a touchscreen interface.... More

·Helsell Fetterman Hires Two Counsel in Seattle

US-based law firm Helsell Fetterman has hired Lance Reich and Kevin Regan as of counsel in the firm’s patent and beverage law practice groups in Seattle.... More

·Nice Classification: 11th Edition Comes into Force

The World Intellectual Property Office has announced that the 11th?edition of the Nice Classification system has become effective.... More

News in Brief

· Alibaba Breaks New Ground in Swarovski Counterfeiting Lawsuit

· Outstanding Projects from IPR Invention and Design Contests Promoted in Tianjin

· IP5 Agrees on a Three-Year Extension of PPH Pilot

· A New Batch of National IP Pilot Zone and Demonstration Park List Released

· Barnes & Noble Told to Pay $267,000 over E-Reader Infringement

· First Batch of National-Level IPR Protection Standardized Markets Confirmed

· Vice-Governor of Zhejiang Hosted Work Symposium on Construction of a Province with Powerful IPR

· Ningxia Held Corporate Patent Specialist Training Activity

· Ceremony for the Award for Chinese Outstanding Patented Invention & Industrial Design Held

· Patents and Regulation Increasingly Crucial to China’s Growth Abroad

China IP Articles

·Inspiration from the Protection of Copyright to Live Sporting Event Video on Network Issue 70, By Li Junhui, Honorary Research Fellow at Intellectual Property Research,[Comprehensive Reports]

On June 30, 2015, Beijing Chao yang District People’s Court rendered a judgment on the case of Beijing Sina Internet Information Service Co. Ltd. (Sina) v. Beijing Tianying Jiuzhou Network Technology Co., Ltd.... More

·IP Protection of Sporting Images Rebroadcast over Network Issue 70, By Lin Ziying, Head of IP Tribunal of Chaoyang District People’s Court,[Comprehensive Reports]

With the rapid development of sports broadcasting industry, disputes related thereto are on the constant increase.... More