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Monthly Archives: May 2009
IP Dragon’s Law Firms Update
IP Dragon checked the IP law firms specialised in IPR in China. Here are some of the firms with new articles:Baker & McKenzie– ‘People’s Republic of China Patent Law Implementing Regulations Draft’ (pdf)http://www.bakernet.com/BakerNet/Resources/Publications/Recent+Publications/ChinaPRCPatentLawImplementingRegulationsDraftCAApr09.htmBird & Bird– Chen, Sofia and Ewan Grist, … Continue reading
Harlan Ellison Says The Darndest Things About Digital Piracy Of His Work
May 16-17, 2009, the International Herald Tribune had the following quote from the sci-fi author and screenwriter Harlan Ellison: “If you put your hand in my pocket, you’ll drag back six inches of bloody stump.”
Tagged copyright infringement, digital copyright infringement, Harlan Ellsion, International Herald Tribune, la propriété intellectuelle en Chine
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Reality Imitates Fiction: China National Space Administration Logo: Half Star Trek, And Other Half …Star Trek
Professor Susan Scafidi, the authoriy on Fashion Law (Fashion and Intellectual Property Law), author of ‘Who Owns Culture?‘ and Counterfeit Chic sent me a great link: ‘China Bootlegs Star Trek for Its Space Program‘ on Cool Aggregator, a site about … Continue reading
Grim audits of EU-China Relations – IPR to the rescue?
Guest article by Mikołaj Rogowski Dragons Nightmare, an article from the last month’s edition of The Economist drew a rather pessimistic picture of the European Union – China relations landscape. According to The Economist the EU is a tough spot. The … Continue reading
Tagged ECFR, Economist, EU, François Godement, IPR, John Fox, Mikołaj Rogowski, Sciences Po
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Business Leaders’ Advice On Succeeding in China: IPR, IPR and IPR
The Knowledge@W.P. Carey newsletter of the W.P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University, has a great series of articles: ‘Trade, China and the World Economic Order’. Part 3 is called: Business Leaders’ Advice on Succeeding in China.’ Herein, sensible … Continue reading
Tagged Arizona State University, Motorola, Phillip Carter, W.P. Carey
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Taylor Wessing Global Intellectual Property Index and China: The Last Shall Be The First
The People’s Republic of China was ranked last (24th position) in the Taylor Wessing Global Intellectual Property Index 2009, see here. The methodology of the GIPI rating is a calculation by a factor assessment model with jurisdiction assessments and instrumental … Continue reading
Tagged copyright, design rights, domain name, National strategy on IPR protection, patent, ranking, Taylor Wessing Global Intellectual Property Index, trademark, TRIPs, WCT, WIPO, WPPT, WTO
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Two Encouraging Surveys: On Public Awareness and Business Attitudes of Intellectual Property Rights in Hong Kong
Selene Ng of Wilkinson and Grist wrote an article on the site of IAM Magazine about an encouraging outcome of a survey on public awareness of intellectual property protection by the Hong Kong population. The Survey on Public Awareness of Intellectual … Continue reading
Tagged Hong Kong, IP Department Hong Kong, online copyrights, online games, public awareness, Wilkinson and Grist
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WSJ Reports 90 Percent of China’s Netizens Access Pirated Music
Mira Veda of the Huffington Post writes “The Wall Street Journal reports that 90% of China’s Web Users, which is estimated to be about 162 million people, access pirated music from their computers every day … ” Read here. Ms … Continue reading
Tagged copyright piracy, Google, Huffington Post, Mira Veda, music, performing artists, Wall Street Journal
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Google Will Continue To Investigate Trademarks as Keywords in China, Hong Kong and Macau
Imagine that your competitor can advertise with your name using Google AdWords. This nightmare can come true in the following jurisdictions: ‘Regions for Which Google will not investigate the use of trademarks as keywords‘. So far the People’s Republic of China, … Continue reading
Promising News: China and UK Fast-Track Green Patent Applications
Today the UK will start fast-tracking green patent applications, and China will follow suit. IAM Magazine ‘s Joff Wild has a very interesting blog about it called ‘China and UK to fast-track green patent applications, according to British IP Minister‘. That … Continue reading
Tagged green, IAM Magazine, innovation, Joff Wild, People's Republic of China, UK, World Intellectual Property Day
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BSA Software Piracy Study: Taiwan 39 Percent, Ranks 23th Lowest
Business Software Allicance (BSA) publishes its 2008 study of software piracy: May 2009, Sixth Annual BSA-IDG Software 08 Piracy Study. With 39 percent, Taiwan came in on the 23th position of the countries with the lowest software piracy, causing a 201 million US … Continue reading
Tagged BSA, Computers, software piracy, Taiwan
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BSA Software Piracy Study: Hong Kong 48 Percent, Ranks Average
Business Software Allicance (BSA) publishes its 2008 study of software piracy: May 2009, Sixth Annual BSA-IDG Software 08 Piracy Study. With 48 percent, Hong Kong is a Special Administrative Region whose software piracy ranking is between a country with a low … Continue reading
Tagged BSA, Computers, Hong Kong, software piracy
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BSA Software Piracy Study: China 80 Percent; Ranks 24th Highest
Business Software Allicance (BSA) publishes its 2008 study of software piracy: May 2009, Sixth Annual BSA-IDG Software 08 Piracy Study. With 80 percent, China came in on the 24th position of the countries with the highest software piracy, causing a … Continue reading
Tagged BSA, Computers, OEM, People's Republic of China, software piracy
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Little Red Book About Xiao Nei: “A Great Example of Digital Copycatting Done Right”
Rand Han of Little Red Book has another great article. This time he has used, analysed and deconstructed the social networking site Xiao Nei (at Campus) which is a blatant copycat of Facebook. Mr Han’s blog posting does not lack … Continue reading
Taiwan’s Three Strikes Sanction Less Strict Than French Equivalent
In the rebound the French Assemblée national adopted the Hadopi law today, which includes a “three strikes” sanction for file sharers of pirated works: repeat offenders will have their internet connection cut off after the third offense, see the France24.fr … Continue reading
Tagged Copyright Law, France, Hadopi, ISP liability, P-2-P, Taiwan, three strikes system
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Hon Hai versus BYD: IPR Infringement or Malicious Attack by a Rival?
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. sued Build Your Dreams (BYD) at a People’s Court in Shenzhen for intellectual property infringement in technology needed for electrical cars. Hon Hai is Taiwan’s leading outsourced manufacturing company for Apple’s iPhone, HP, Sony and … Continue reading
Tagged BYD, Foxconn, Hon Hai, intellectual property infringement, Shenzhen
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AmCham Gives Chinese Government Recommendations About Copyright Law, Trademark Law and Patent Law
American Chamber of Commerce in the People’s Republic of China (AmCham-China) issued the ‘American Business in China White Paper 2009‘ last month. Pages 45-48 pdf, with pagenumbers 88-94 are about intellectual property rights protection. Read here. AmCham-China’s recommendations to the Chinese … Continue reading
Tagged AmCham, Copyright Law, Trademark Law, white paper
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Professor Mossoff’s Historical Paper About Patent Thicket, Patent Troll and Patent Pool: Relevant Today
Can we learn from history? Or are we doomed to make the same mistakes over and over? Professor Adam Mossoff of George Mason University School of Law wrote an excellent paper about the Sewing Machine War of the 1850’s which … Continue reading
Tagged Elias Howe, George Mason University School of Law, Isaac Merritt Singer, patent law, patent pool, patent thicket, patent troll, prior art, professor Mossoff
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IIPA: “China and Russia Remain Major Concerns for Copyright Industries”
The International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) has made a statement on USTR’s decisions in its 2009 Special 301 Review affecting copyright protection and enforcement around the world. No real surprises, including that the IIPA commends USTR for the decision to … Continue reading
Tagged Baidu, BSA, IIPA, Kangjian Shixun, Records and Music
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