the 300th Issue: Wuxi Sees $1 Trillion from Creative Projects-China Intellectual Property

·First IP Trading Platform of China Gives Birth in Wuzhen

Zhejiang Artduoduo E-trade of Intellectual Property (ATIP), the first “IP + Internet + similar financial” platform of China established upon approval of the People’s Government of Zhejiang Province to organize the IP Unit Licence Rights (ULR) transactions, was settled in Wuzhen.... More

·Conference of National IP Office Head Held in Beijing

On January 5, 2017 Conference of National IP Office Head was held in Beijing, with the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) head Shen Changyu addressing a work report named Deepen IP Sector Reform and Strengthen IP Protection and Application so as to Realize Significant Improvement in Building an IP Power Country with All Efforts.... More

·The Princess Weiyoung Involved with a Copyright Infringement Case

A court in Beijing has accepted a case involving an online novel writer whose allegedly plagiarized work was adapted for a popular TV soap opera.... More

News in Brief

· The Supreme People’s Procuratorate Issues a Guideline on Property Rights Protection

· Chinese IP Courts Accept 30,000 Cases, New Court Idea Explored

· Wuxi Sees $1 Trillion from Creative Projects

· Over 13,400 People Arrested for IPR Crimes Since 2014

· China’s R&D Spending Estimated to Reach 2.1 Pct of GDP in 2016

· Beijing Court Heard More Than 10k Cases in 2016

· USPTO Reveals New Patent and TM Advisory Committee Members

· Apple Accused of Patent Infringement in China

· Michael Kors Targets New York-Based Counterfeiters

· Wendy’s in Patent Beef over Barcodes

China IP Articles

·Notices to Patent Application in Korea and Amendment Trends of Franchising Law Issue 71, By Xu Zhiyong, KIM & CHANG,[Patent]

As many Chinese people consider that the patent application system in Korea and that in China are fundamentally similar on submitting Korean patent application, the cases where relevant patents are ... More

·Key Points for the Attention of Chinese Enterprises in Application for Patents in Japan Issue 71, By KOHNO Hideto, President & Patent Attorney of KOHNO & KOHNO, Japan,[Patent]

In recent years, the number of patent applications filed in Japan by Chinese enterprises has been increasing , and primarily, in many cases, applications are filed in Japan after PCT applications... More