Monthly Archives: February 2011

Bitter Taste Avoided: South Korean Zhenjiang Vinegar and Costa Rican Confucius Institute Trademarks Rejected

The State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) is vigorously protecting the trademarks of well-known Chinese companies. In October 2010 there was an effort to register the trademark Zhenjiang Vinegar in South Korea. Zhenjiang 镇江 is a prefecture-level city located … Continue reading

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Turn of the Screw For E-Commerce Platforms: Circular on Regulating Sales Promotion of Online Shopping First Step

Take notice Taobao, Alibaba and all other Chinese e-commerce sites. January 5, 2011, the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) promulgated a Circular on Regulating Sales Promotion of Online Shopping (商商贸发[2011]3号) for the commerce authorities (in all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly … Continue reading

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Your Opinion On Draft Regulations on Patent Agency Please

On March 4, 1991 the State Council promulgated the Regulations on Patent Commissioning, which became effective on April 1, 1991, see here. In China’s 2006 Action Plan of IPR Protection, it announced its plan to revise the Regulations on Patent … Continue reading

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Should There Be Trade Barriers For Chinese Companies Buying Core Global Patent Portfolios in New Technology?

Lee Caffin, IP strategist and patent attorney specialist in lifesciences at Think IP Strategy, has an interesting post on China’s National Patent Development Strategy (2011-2010), read here. After a historical overview from 2006 to 2011, Mr Caffin is posing a … Continue reading

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Keep the May Calendar Free For IP events in Hong Kong and Macao

IP Dragon’s friend Anselm Kamerman Sanders of Maastricht University organised this time two interesting events in Hong Kong and Macao. The events are organised by the Institute for European Studies of Macau and Maastricht University Faculty of Law. For the … Continue reading

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What Is the Superlative of Contributory Liability?… Local State Supervision Liability?

Managing IP magazine, had a link to an interesting China Daily article, see here in which a State Administration for Radio Film and Television (SARFT) official was quoted as saying that it is “working on the establishment of an internet … Continue reading

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