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Monthly Archives: July 2007
“Unprecedented” China-FBI Crackdown On Software Piracy
In a press release, J. Stephen Tidwell, assistent director of the Los Angeles Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), informs the public about a joint crackdown on manufacturers of software piracy in Shanghai, Shenzhen and distributors in the US by China’s … Continue reading
Tagged crackdown, FBI, software, Summer Solstice
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In Order To Clean Up China’s Environment Intellectual Property Rights Need To Be Protected
July 10, IP Dragon wrote that the IP protection in China is a big challenge, but peanuts compared to China’s environmental challenge and elaborated on the parallels between solving IP and the environmental problems, read more here. Mr Matt Perkins … Continue reading
Tagged Cornell, environment
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New Harry Potter Books in China, Magic Or Rip-off?
Roy Berman of Mutant Frog Travelogue has a nice post on illegally published novel-length “fanfiction” of Harry Potter books and got a hold on these books and scanned the front pages of them. See more here. UPDATE: Mr Howard W. … Continue reading
Tagged copyright infringment, fanfiction, Harry Potter
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Of IP’s Most Important Figures of 2007 Who is Most Relevant to IP in China?
The magazine Managing Intellectual Property announced IP’s Most Important Figures of 2007. Of this group, who deserved this title because of its role regarding IP in China? Obviously this includes Ms Wu Yi (China’s vice-premier and IP-negotiator) and Mr Tian … Continue reading
Tagged Baker and McKenzie, China Copyright Alliance, Dan Glickman, Jack Chang, Joseph Simone, landlords case, Louis Vuitton, LVMH, Managing IP, Nathalie Moullé-Berteaux, QBPC, SIPO, Tian Lipu, Wu Yi
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China’s General Protecht Group Wins IPR Case in US
Li Yang of CCTV.com reports about several patent infringement disputes between US-based Leviton against Zhejiang Province-based General Protecht Group’s US subsidiary General Protecht Group Inc. The lawsuits were filed April 2004 and only June 10, 2007 a US court came … Continue reading
Tagged General Protech Group, Leviton, Morris Manning and Martin, Netac, patent infringement
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China’s Impact On Intellectual Property
The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is sponsoring a China-focused intellectual property “roadshow” July 23-24, 2007 in Philadephia. Topics: China’s laws and regulations that may affect how a business protects and enforces its intellectual property; how best to protect … Continue reading
Tagged Post-Grant, seminar, USPTO
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Guge Case: Business Name vs Trademark Dispute Or Practical Problem?
On June 29, the Beijing Haidian District People’s Court accepted the case of Beijing Guge Science and Technology Ltd. versus Google’s subsidiary in China called Guge for disrupting business. Tian Yunshan, company secretary for Beijing Guge Science and Technology said … Continue reading
Protect Or Destroy: Pick Your Choice in Transformers’ IPR
Mr John Neff of the Autoblog is ranting against China’s car advertisments that use cars transforming into robots and vice versa. His article’s title is: “Chinese automakers copy everything else, why not the Transformers”, read more here. One should distinguish … Continue reading
Tagged advertiser, Autoblog, copyright infringement, Great Wall, Hasbr, Lifan, Transformers
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Don’t Drink Beijing Tap Water, Water from the Cooler Filled With Beijing Tap Water; Drink Beer?
I can still remember the economics classes where free goods were to include water. This is certainly not the case in China any longer. Joel Martinsen of Danwei en Jia Fenyong reported already July 4, here, that drinkable water from … Continue reading
Tagged bottled water, fake food, fake water, Quality Supervision Inspection and Quarantine, Wahaha
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IP Dragon is China Blog Awards Nominee 2007
IP Dragon is honoured to be nominated for the Chinalyst.net’s China Blog Awards 2007. If you like IP Dragon, you can vote for it here (until July 31). IP Dragon is in good company of the following nominees; China Briefing … Continue reading
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Confucius Institute Has Already Apologised And Removed China Expat Copyrighted Content From Its Site
The Confucius Institute online has already removed the copyrighted content of China Expat that was published unauthorisedly on its site. They want to talk with China Expat in the future to see whether they can start a partnership. IP Dragon … Continue reading
Tagged China Expat, Confucius, Confucius Institute, copyright infringement, online copyrights
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Is Infringing IPR Promoting a Greater Understanding of Chinese Culture?
Josh Gartner of China Expat asks himself the following questions: Why is the Confucius Institute Online Stealing Content? Referring to the content this institute unauthorisedly copied from China Expat, well documented on the site of China Expat. The Confucius Institute, … Continue reading
Tagged China Expat, Confucius, copyright infringement
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“Too Many Fake Antiquities To Smash” Says TV Show Creator
Bian Yiwen, creator of TV show ‘Collecting Everything Under Heaven’ whereby the expert tells whether an antiquity is real of fake and will smash the fake one directly, said that there were too many fake submissions to smash them all. … Continue reading
Tagged art, fake antiquities
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IP Protection in China Challenge Peanuts Compared to China’s Environmental Challenge, Though Parallels Abound
I got an email from Erica Schlaikjer of Responsible China, which “focuses on environmental sustainability and corporate social responsibility in Greater China.” A great site. Now what has IP protection to do with the environment? I wrote it before and … Continue reading
Tagged environment
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Sino-American WTO Consultations Disaster, Blame Game Ensues
April 10, the US filed two formal complaints against China at the WTO, one for unsufficient IP and one for lack of market access for copyrighted goods. After a formal complaint at the WTO the two parties had 60 days … Continue reading
Tagged SIPO, Tian Lipu, WTO Dispute Settlement
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Cartoon Sanmao Will Be Adapted Into Real Life Actors Film
Joel Martinsen of Danwei has a fine interview with the right holder of the copyright of cartoon hero Sanmao (三毛) which means literally three hairs, characteristic for the cartoon protagonist. The article implicitly illustrates some of the aspects of a … Continue reading
Tagged Copyright Law, Danwei, Joel Martinsen, Sanmao
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Netfilm.cn Is Making a Clean Sweep in Guangzhou Netcafes
China Tech News reports about Netfilm.cn, a big copyright holder who filed a lawsuit against 379 netcafes in Guangzhou for alleged infringing of copyrights by downloading online videos. Netfilm.cn is taking online copyright infringement pretty serious and their approach is … Continue reading
Tagged copyright infringement, netfilm.cn, online copyrights
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