Monthly Archives: February 2006

I’ll be back on Friday, March, 3rd.

“Not made in China” trademark Gibraltar based Alvito Holdings has applied to register the text mark ‘Not made in China’ and two graphical marks at the EU’s Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM). OHIM has already published the … Continue reading →

Martin Crutsinger of the Associated Press wrote that US Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, the former Kellogg’s (cereals) CEO, has first hand IP in China related experience (he lost a court case in 1996: “The Chinese court ruled that Kellogg’s did … Continue reading →

Lately, the world has seen that parody can be a dangerous affair. Instead of shouting murder or burning some buildings, Chen Kaige has denounced an online parody of his latest movie The Promise as immoral and instructed his lawyer to … Continue reading →

Nick Farell wrote for The Inquirer that, Audio Video Coding Standard (AVS), a Chinese audio/video codec, is on the verge of becoming a national standard. According to the Electronic Times it will even take over from MPEG-4 and WMV-9. “The … Continue reading →

Philip Brooks’ Patent Infringement Updates (which is worth a recommendation) has another interesting post about Human Resources at two law firms in China to strengthen their intellectual property practice in China. Read here.

According to Consumers International (CI) China protects copyright holders a bit too much. Say what? CI has written a report about China’s protection of copyrighted educational material, that is hampering students’ access to knowledge, even when the Berne Convention and … Continue reading →

Donald C. Clarke, professor of Law at George Washington University Law School, blogs at Chinese Law Prof Blog. He has a post about two IP-related job opportunities at the US Embassy in Beijing open to US and Chinese citizens. Read … Continue reading →

No, I did not put the protaganists in the title in the wrong order. Xinhua Online covers the story of Netac, a Shenzhen based flash-memory card producer that said is has filed a lawsuit against U.S. competitor PNY Technologies for … Continue reading →

Sarah Schafer wrote an article about ‘Microsoft’s Cultural Revolution’ in China for Newsweek. “Ninety percent of Microsoft products used in China are pirated, and for years the company battled back with its signature mix of bullying and intimidation. But in … Continue reading →

Beijing painter Zhao Chengwei sued China Unicom and its subsidiary Guangxi Unicom. Beijing No.2 Intermediary People’s Court will rule on this alleged copyright infringement case, according to www.chinanews.com.cn. “Guangxi Unicom used Zhao’s drawings on its IP telephone cards without his … Continue reading →

Forbidden fruit John Pasden, who is blogging about life in China on Sinosplice, shot this picture: ‘pure Nalencia Sunkist orange’. Of course Nalencia is not a place in Spain, but in, well … China? Pirated fruit, photo by John Pasden … Continue reading →

AT Kearney has published The Counterfeiting Paradox, a 4-page analysis on IP in China.It says that although counterfeiting is illegal in China, in 2004 it added an estimated 8 percent its GDP. In a figure the learning curve of the … Continue reading →

Kristi Heim looked ‘inside the teeming world of fake goods’ for the Seattle Times, you can read at the site of ContraCostaTimes here. In the article the difference between the national efforts to enforce IPR piracy and the local resistance … Continue reading →

February 24th, you can attend a webcast organized by the US Council for International Business (USCIB), featuring Mark Cohen, Intellectual Property Attaché for the US Embassy in Beijing. “There may be no greater challenge to foreign investors in China today … Continue reading →

Zhang Yuqing, a law expert with China’s World Trade Organization negotiation delegation, at Sino-U.S. business forum is describing piracy as an addiction. Read more here.

In an interview with China’s government website Tian Lipu, commissioner of SIPO stressed the importance of innovation. According to Tian China should shed its focus on workshop of the world. Innovative technology is what China needs and IPR can protect … Continue reading →

James F. Paradise wrote an excellent review about Andrew C. Mertha’s book, ‘The Politics of Piracy: Intellectual Property In Contemporary China’ for AsiaMedia of the UCLA Asia Institute. If you are bit tired reading about cultural and historical factors as … Continue reading →

Howard H.L. Tsang of Wilkinson & Grist is briefing about 3 topics for Managing Intellectual Property. Firstly, Tsang wrote about the continuing legal struggle over Beijing Silk Market:Last December 2005, Beijing No. 2 Intermediate People’s Court ruled that Beijing Xiushi … Continue reading →

At the DesignCon 2006 conference all kinds of silicon IP technologies were shown. During a panel discussion a question emerged about IP protection in China. Richard Goering wrote in the last paragraph of this article for the EETimes: “Larry Rosenberg, … Continue reading →

IPR attorneys say the darndest things: “Profits of Panda names not to be enjoyed by a unique person” ChinaDaily who uses the ShanghaiDaily as its source has an article about the websites names, named after the giant pandas that were … Continue reading →

Interfax China is running a story about bootlegged spirit, called Baijiu (white spirit), which can cause health problems when it is bottled with industry-use alcohol. “The State Administration for Industry and Commerce warned consumers that much of the alcohol sold … Continue reading →

“According to the National Guideline on Medium- and Long-Term Program for Science and Technology Development (2006-2020) issued by the State Council on Thursday, China will increase its science and technology innovation level by making full use of the IPR system.“ … Continue reading →

NERA, an economic consulting firm, wrote a press release about Dr. Alan Cox and Kristina Sepetys‘ article “Intellectual Property Rights Protection in China: Litigation, Economic Damages, and Case Strategies,” which appears in a book called Economic Approaches to Intellectual Property: … Continue reading →

The article ‘online piracy campaign succes‘ written by Liu Li for ChinaDaily of course covered on the contrary measures against online piracy. The article is a list of the campaign since September by some Chinese departments including the administration, Ministry … Continue reading →

BlackEnterprise.com, an African American online magazine, posted an article on February 3, of Jiji Press News on the Web (fee subscribtion) about Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries that send a mission to China and South Korea to urge … Continue reading →

According to Global Corruption Report 2006 of Transparency International, an international NGO devoted to combatting corruption, an estimated 192,000 people died in 2001 in China because of fake drugs. 2001? That’s a pretty old number for the 2006 report about … Continue reading →

February 3, WIPO released a message about the exceptional growth in international patent filings from Japan, South Korea and China: “The rate of growth from Japan, Republic of Korea and China continues to be exceptional, reflecting the rapidly expanding technological … Continue reading →

By Richard Kuslan, editor of Asia Business Intelligence, IP Dragon’s first guest blogger The world knows of China’s leadership in the business of counterfeiting. If it – Delco car battery, tiger claw, night-scan telescoping mast, Viagra, holy relic of Tibetan … Continue reading →

2004 Documentary About Counterfeiting Still RelevantHow long would it take to make copies of Nikes?Chinese counterfeiters can do it: “within 10 days, 1,000 shoes at $4 a pair.”No costly R&D needed, nor marketing. The counterfeiters seem te have given a … Continue reading →

The Wall Street Journal gives a briefing about the strained relationship between the US and China, more here. Nothing new, really. However, it also gives an overview of the IPR infringement cases the Chinese courts tackled in December 2005 and … Continue reading →

The Commerce Department’s United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will sponsor a seminar on “General IP Enforcement in China” on Wednesday, April 13, 2005, in Baltimore, Maryland. Prominent IP in China experts will give presentations:Mark Cohen, the IP attaché … Continue reading →

Alessandra Galloni’s wrote an article for the Wall Street Journal about Giuseppe Festa, an Italian counterfeiter. Reporting on his tale sheds light on counterfeiting connections with Hong Kong and China.“In China, where the majority of knock-offs are made, counterfeiters can … Continue reading →

IP Dragon is very honoured that Rich Kuslan, editor of Asia Business Intelligence, will be its first guest blogger. Rich Kuslan, is an Old China Hand, a very experienced consultant, focused on the Greater China market. Kuslan is sharing his … Continue reading →

William R. Hawkins, senior fellow for national-security studies at the US Business and Industry Council has a pessimistic view about China’s intentions to straighten its IP protection policy. He places those efforts in line with an ominous list of reform … Continue reading →