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Monthly Archives: November 2010
Did BAIC Know It Was Joyriding With Ford’s Trade Secrets?
8 articles to go: IP Dragon on its way to its 1000th article November 17, 2010 Xiang Dong Yu, an automobile engineer who worked for Ford Motor Corporation from 1997-2007, pleaded guilty to two counts of theft of trade secrets, … Continue reading
Tagged action for breach of confidentiality, automotive industry, BAIC, FBI, Ford, Hong Kong, Marisa Anne Pagnattaro, Professor Michael Pendleton, trade secret, US Department of Justice
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How Green Should Patents in China Be? Poisonous Green
9 articles to go: IP Dragon on its way to its 1000th article If you live in China, you will easily see one of its biggest problems: pollution. In China car manufacturers claim that they are unable to produce low-cost … Continue reading
Tagged automotive industry, compulsory license, ISIS, Mauricio Bauermann Guaragna, open source, Patent Law 2008, University of British Columbia, WBCSD
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Why China Is Preferred Over India By The U.S. Pharmaceutical Industry
10 articles to go: IP Dragon on its way to its 1000th article Joseph Alexander wrote for Pharmabiz.com that the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of Amercia (PhRMA) choose for the China Pharmaceutical Industry Research and Development Association (SINO-PhIRDA) to cooperate … Continue reading
Tagged India, Joseph Alexander, Pharmabiz.com, pharmaceutical industry, PhRMA, prakruthip, Prashant Reddy, SINO-PhIRDA, Spicy IP
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Parasitizing Trademarks of Drugs in China Breeds Resistant Malaria Parasite
World Health Organisation (WHO) officials say that counterfeit drugs and poor storage are endangering the health of millions of people in Asia. Ron Corben wrote for Voice Of Amercia the article WTO Fears Growing Malaria Drug Resistance May Be Spreading … Continue reading
Tagged Burma, Cambodia, China, counterfeit drugs, Jill McGivering, malaria, parasitizing, Ron Corben, Simeon Bennett, Thailand, Voice of America, WHO
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Tian Lipu: “No Plagiarism ’cause China’s High Speed Rail Systems Climb Mountains”
At the ‘Third Intellectual Property and Urban Development Mayor Forum’, November 22, 2010, the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) commissioner Tian Lipu refuted allegations that China’s high speed rail systems are based on plagiarism. See IP Dragon’ article ‘Knowledge Transfer … Continue reading
Tagged plagiarism, SIPO, Tian Lipu, train
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IP Dragon 5 Years: Never A Dull Moment
Today it is exactly five years ago that I started with IP Dragon. Since its inception I got a lot of interesting feedback from readers. The readers are the very motivation for me to keep going with the blog. When … Continue reading
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Copied Gun Manufacturer Starts Campaign Against Manufacturers of Copied Copied Guns
MadBull Airsoft launched Operation Copycat’, a campaign against counterfeit and cloned airsoft (in between real and toy) guns, read here. “The enforcement of intellectual properties of gun manufacturers and gear makers in airsoft has been ongoing for sometime now. We … Continue reading
Tagged copyright, design rights, MadBull Airsoft, trademark
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In Honour of The Great Bruce Lee 李小龍: Fight For Trademark Protection in China and U.S.
Today it is 70 years ago that the great Bruce Lee 李 (Li=Lee)小(Xiao=little) 龍 (Long=dragon) to whom IP Dragon feels related in spirit, was born in San Francisco. He grew up in Hong Kong until his teens, then went back … Continue reading
Tagged Bruce Lee, Bruce Lee Enterprises, Lanham Act, Ms Shannon Lee, Publicity Rights, SAIC, Trademark Law
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Knowledge Transfer in China: How To Train The Dragon To Consume You
Professor Pierre Sauvé, deputy managing director, director of studies and faculty member at the World Trade Institute (WTI), Switzerland gave a very interesting guest research lecture at CUHK November 24, 2010: “Waiting for Godot? The troubled prospects of (coherent) multilateralism … Continue reading
Tagged Financial Times, Kawasaki, Leslie Hook, Professor Pierre Sauvé, Professor Prankaj Ghemawat, Professor Thomas Hout, Siemens, standards, technology transfer, ThyssenKrupp, Westinghouse Electric, WTI
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Taiwan Makes Priority Claims in Other Countries Possible In The Patent, Trademark and Plant Variety and Plant Seed Acts
Taiwan Intellectual Property Organization (TIPO) announced that the Presidential Office promulgated the amendments of some IPR laws on August 25, 2010, that makes priority claims possible in other countries. The amendments went into force on September 12, 2010. Implementing a … Continue reading
Tagged priority claim, Taiwan, Taiwan Patent Act, Taiwan Plant Variety and Seed Act, Taiwan Trademark Act, TIPO, WTO
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Trademark/Copyright Use or Abuse: Coca-Cola in Hong Kong
Do you think this use of the trademark should be allowed. “Immoral to drink sweat and blood. Coca-Cola.” Photo taken from the wall at Franklin Centre at CUHK Campus in Shatin, Hong Kong. It is in protest against alleged bad … Continue reading
China Launched 10-Year National Patent Development Strategy
During the 4th China Patent Week China launched the National Patent Development Strategy (2011-2020). The strategy focuses on: International cooperation in patent protection and utilisation; preferential policies to encourage R&D by high-tech companies, research institutes and colleges; Overseas IP websites … Continue reading
Tagged China Daily, China Patent Week, Hao Nan, indigenous innovation, National Patent Development Strategy, patent law, patent trading, research and development
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Monday Meditations on IPR in China
Gouzou de la Réunion Author: Bouette “Counterfeiters and copyright pirates in China respect intellectual property. They merely wish the intellectual property to become their intellectual property that they may more perfectly respect it.” Paraphrasing the controversial G.K. Chesterton UPDATE November … Continue reading
Tagged Bouette, G.K. Chesterton, Monday Meditations on IPR in China
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Why Kaixin001 Might Not Be Too Happy About Its Victory Over Oak Pacific Interactive
Social media site Kaixin001‘s content was copyied by Oak Pacific Interactive (who owns social media site Ren Ren). It was put online under the domain name Kaxin. Beijing No. 2 Intermediate People’s Court ruled that Oak Pacific Interactive should pay … Continue reading
Tagged Beijing No.2 Intermediate People's Court, Facebook, Great Chinese Firewall, Kaixin, Kaixin001, LinkedIn, Oak Pacific Interactive, renren, Xinhua, 人人网, 开心网
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USCBC Members’ Perception: Progress of IPR Enforcement in China Marginal
The US-China Business Council (USCBC) released the 2010 Member Priorities Survey Results. Top 10 concerns cited by USCBC member companies: 1. Human resources: talent recruitment and retention (tie) 1. Administrative licensing, business, and product approvals (tie) 1. Competition with state-owned … Continue reading
Tagged IPR enforcement in China, statistics, survey, USCBC
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China Recognises Scotch Whisky as Geographical Indication
Great victory for the Scotch Whisky Association. “Scotch Whisky’s registration as a GI in China – recognising Scotch Whisky can only be made in Scotland – is the culmination of three years of discussions between The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) … Continue reading
Tagged geographical indications, Scotch Whisky Association
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IP Dragon Chosen As One of the “25 Blogs Chinese Advertisers Should Read”
Normandy Madden composed a list of 25 blogs Chinese advertisers should read for Advertising Age: “Blogging has become a national obsession in China, with over 50 million Chinese regularly contributing to local blog sites. A handful of these sites are … Continue reading
Tagged Advertising Age, Blogger, Ms Normandy Madden
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IP Dragon Featured As Top 50 Patent Blog
IP Dragon was informed by the Guide to Online Schools that it was on the list of Top 50 Patent Blog. Thank you for the encouragement. Click on the banner to see the complete list.
Tagged Guide to Online Schools, patent, Top 50 Patent Blog
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More Chinese Trademarks More Vehicles of Innovation = More Innovation?
China Hearsay’s Stan Abrams takes a critical look at statistics about trademark registrations in China. He is rightly filleting the alleged relationship between increased trademark registrations and a growing awareness of trademark protection among Chinese entreprises, read more here. However … Continue reading
Tagged innovation, IPR in China, Stan Abrams, statistics, trademark
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Best of Google’s White Paper: Censorship is Hurting China’s Economy
Intellectual property and market access are interdependent subjects. If there is a barrier to the free flow of information (the market access is challenged, regulated or censored when it refers to copyrighted goods), no intellectual property can be exploited and … Continue reading
Tagged censorship, Google, Google and censorship, Ms Cade Metz, Ronald Yu, The Register, TRIPs, white paper, WTO
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Hotlines IPR in China
IPR Focus of IPR.gov.cn has announced that legal aid centres on IPR will participate in the ‘Special Campaign on Combating IPR Infringement and Manufacture and Sales of Counterfeiting and Shoddy Commodities’ via the following phone numbers: 12330: specialised public benefit … Continue reading
Tagged hotlines, IPR in China, phones, Special Campaign on Combating IPR Infringement and Manufacture and Sales of Counterfeiting and Shoddy Commodities
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Another Mass IPR Campaign in China: Groundhog Day All Over Again
China’s Ministry of Culture announced that it has launched an IPR campaign that cracks down on counterfeit products and needs to raise awareness about IPR protection. It focuses on karaoke bars, websites, online-games, internet cares, animation and artistic products. Read … Continue reading
Tagged counterfeit, IPR in China, karaoke, mass campaigns, Ministry of Culture, Special Campaign on Combating IPR Infringement and Manufacture and Sales of Counterfeiting and Shoddy Commodities
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Are Intellectual Property Rights A Subspecies of Human Rights?
Damian Reece, Head of Business of The Telegraph was commenting David Cameron’s trip to China. According to Mr Reece his timing to talk about human rights was wrong and therefore counterproductive. Instead, writes Mr Reece, he should have focused on … Continue reading
Tagged Damian Reece, David Cameron, human rights, Paul Torremans, Professor Daniel Gervais, professor Peter K. Yu, The Telegraph, William Alford
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Why The Chinese Educational System Is Not More Conducive To Creativity: Some Hypotheses
China is the country with the most creative people in the world. That is a truism in a country with 1.3 billion people. In the past China showed the world the way to creativity: compass, gunpowder, papermaking and printing, all … Continue reading
IP Dragon’s Book Review: Invisible Gold in Asia
Professor David Llewelyn (King’s College London and IP Academy, Singapore) wrote an exceptional book that will appeal to both laypeople and IP professionals. Although Invisible Gold in Asia does not aim to be a scholarly book (for example there are … Continue reading
Tagged book review, Brand Hong Kong, Haier, Huawei, IP Academy, IPR in China, King's College, Li-Ning, Mengniu, professor David Llewelyn, Singapore, Taiwan, ZTE
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Film Work Collective Copyright Management Use Fee Transfer Payment Rules
Remember that the National Copyright Administration of China (NCAC) promulgated rules for operators of internet cafes, planes, trains and automobiles have to start pay royalties for showing Chinese movies to the China Film Copyright Association. Read Hard Choice? Chinese Internet … Continue reading
Tagged China Film Copyright Association, copyright, Film Work Collective Copyright Management Use Fee Transfer Payment Rules, IPR in China, NCAC
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SOSFakeFlash Cannot Forget: “Fighting Toward A Fake Flash Drive Free World”
SOSFakeFlash, is an interesting initiative. It is a site fighting “Toward a Fake Flash Drive Free World – No More Counterfeits – No More Data Loss” where people can report vendors of fake flash USB drives and MP players.For example … Continue reading
Tagged counterfeit flash drives, eBay, flash USB drive, IPR in China, MP players, SOSFakeFlash
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Fake Medicines Advertised on Taiwanese TV, Radio and in Newspapers
Taiwan’s Health Minister Yang Chih-liang warns that the public should not believe TV, radio and newspaper advertisments selling fake pharmaceuticals. Minister Yang called the proliferation of counterfeit drugs more serious than drug trafficking. Read the China Post article here.
Tagged China Post, counterfeit drugs, Minister Yang Chih-liang, pharmaceutical industry, Taiwan
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November 17: USCC Report about Indigenous Innovation, WTO and Disclosure Requirements
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) will release its 2010 Report to Congress at a press conference Wednesday, November 17. Among the topics in the 316-page report will be about: National defense and foreign affairs and energy and environmental … Continue reading
Tagged disclosure requirement, indigenous innovation, report, USCC, WTO
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How To Get The Copyright When You Commission a Work in China?
Xu Hui-Meng of the Henan University of Finance and Economics, Zhengzhou, wrote in May of 2010 the article: ‘The research on the nature of the agreement of the ownership of the copyright of the commissioned works‘ for the Journal of … Continue reading
Message of Blog Urges State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping “To Clarify” Intellectual Property Rights Position
Jia Li of the People’s Daily reported that the State Bureau of Surveying and Maps (SBSM) announced that the Map World, a Chinese public platform for national geographical information was released on October 21, 2010 and was considered a web … Continue reading
Tagged Blogger, Google Maps, Jia Li, People's Daily, SBSM
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Wise Advice From the Aeronautics Industry about IP
Boeing and Airbus see new competitors approaching, which includes China’s Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China Ltd. (Comac) although whose inaugural model C919 might not be competitive outside China, for now. Carolyn Corvi, board member at aircraft supplier Goodrich Corp. was … Continue reading
Tagged aeronautics, Airbus, Boeing, Comac, Goodrich Corporation, Ms Aubrey Cohen, Seattlepi.com
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