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Monthly Archives: May 2012
Trend Thirsty Thursday: Made Better in China
What would you do if you knew the future? Wouldn’t you made decisions that anticipate on that future to be fully prepared? The alchemists over at trendwatching.com have made it their business to extrapolate contemporary facts (as valuable as lead) … Continue reading
Tagged intellectual property in China, IP in China, IPR in China, Made better in China, Paul Midler, Professor Ming Zeng, Professor Peter Williamson, trends, trendwatching.com
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Manchurian Candidate of Chips: Backdoor or IP Challenge?
Instead of brainwashing and grooming a person to become a political leader in a rival country, like in The Manchurian Candidate, a 1959 political thriller by Richard Condon, it is probably easier to try to sell the rival country computer … Continue reading
Tagged backdoor, Business Insider, computer chips, cyber espionage, Elois Lee, Errata Security, Robert David Graham, Robert Johnson, Sergei Skorogogatov, The Manchurian Candidate, University of Cambridge
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IP Dragon wants YOUR opinion
IP Dragon is very excited to announce that it is moving toward a more professional format. To be better informed about your professional needs, we would like you to answer the following 9 short questions. Help us to … Continue reading
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One of the Top 10 IPR Cases in Jiangsu 2011: Counterfeit Luxury Brands Seized
Jiangsu was China’s province with the highest GNP per capita in 2011: 61,649 Yuan. This means that a greater group of people might have become interested in luxury goods, such as cosmetics and jewelry. One of the top … Continue reading
Tagged anti-counterfeit system, Bobbi Brown, Chanel, Christian Dior, Estée Lauder, fake, Giorgio Armani, Guerlain, Helena Rubinstein, Jiangsu, Lancome, Louis Vuitton, luxury goods, MAC Cosmetics, Shiseido, Swarovski, Tiffany & Co.
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Without Real Innovation What Is There To Protect? National Intellectual Property Strategy 2012
China wants to move away from imitation to innovation country. Therefore China’s State Intellectual Property Organization (SIPO) issued the Promotion Plan for the Implementation of the National Intellectual Property Strategy in 2012. Before I give an analysis of this laudable plan … Continue reading
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Impersonator Does Not Fake a Documentary on Trademark Counterfeits
Owen Schumacher is a gifted Dutch comedian and impersonator. He has made a documentary series about what people’s perceptions are of real and fake. The third episode of the documentary is on brands, genuine and fake. Mr Schumacher, like yours … Continue reading
Tagged Christan Rommel, documentary, fake, Fei Wang, genuine, Gucci, Holland Village, Hong Kong, Louis Vuitton, Museum Plagiarus, Owen Schumacher, Prada, Rolex, Shanghai, Shenzhen, trademark counterfeit, Windows of the World
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Why Go Undercover If You Can See Counterfeits in the Bright Light of Guangdong
“Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants”, as judge Louis D. Brandeis (Supreme Court of the U.S. from 1916-1939) is quoted. But what if some of the government officials in society wear sunglasses? Last year around … Continue reading
Tagged China Daily, counterfeit trademarks, food safety, media, medicines, Zheng Caixiong
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Most Feared by Multinational Companies in China: IP Infringers WITHIN the Organization
Phil Muncaster of The Register interviewed via email Verizon manager Ian Christofis after the 13th annual Info-Security Conference in Hong Kong. ““In my experience, a number of foreign companies – for example US-based or Taiwan-based firms – that are manufacturing … Continue reading
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Ownership and the Right to Upload versus the Obligation to Remove
Hong Kong’s Motion Picture Industry Association (MPIA) estimated to have lost 308 million U.S. dollar, because of copyright piracy on YouTube. Read Karen Chu’s Hollywood Reporter article here. MPIA is referring that the Hamburger Landgericht’s decision in GEMA … Continue reading
Tagged Brigit Clark, copyright piracy, film industry, Hong Kong, IP Kat, Karen Chu, MPIA, ownership, secondary liability, YouTube
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How To Create A Chinese Alptraum Out of an Austrian Dream Village
Picture a pristine village at a crystal clear lake in the Austrian Alps. Now get rid of the snowy mountains and replace them with yellow hills. Then strip the lake and substitute it with a muddy pool. Add some polluted … Continue reading
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Trademark Dilution/Delusion in HK: Greyhound Café is free-riding on Greyhound Lines’ Reputation
Can the Gaia Group who brought a restaurant chain first in Thailand (in 1997, as a line extension of its fashion label which it started in 1980 with men’s casual wear at Siam Center, followed by an expansion into … Continue reading
Tagged Greyhound Café, Greyhound Lines, Hong Kong, Trade Marks Ordinance, trademark dilution, well-known trademark
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Majority of Online Copyright Infringers Encourage Chinese Government to Step up Protection
On May 3, 2012, the China Youth Daily did a survey under 17,576 respondents about their conduct and perception in regard to copyright protection. Results survey: 92.7 percent of respondents admitted they had bought or used pirated … Continue reading
Tagged copyright infringement, culture, internet, Lies damn lies and statistics, statistics
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Four Taiwanese Publishers Want Government to Ban Access to Foreign Piracy Sites
Four Taiwanese publishing companies have urged the government to change the Copyright Act and Telecommunications Act, so that there will be a possibility to ban access to foreign sites that provide pirated content.
Tagged cloud technology, copyright piracy, publisher, Taiwan
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China Dominates Priority Watch List 2012
April 2012, the Office of the United States trade Representative published its 2012 Special 301 Report. To really nobody’s surprise China is again on the Priority Watch List, together with Algeria, Argentina, Canada, Chile, India, Indonesia, Israel, Pakistan, Russia, Thailand, Ukraine and … Continue reading
Tagged China Hearsay, copyright piracy, Jeff Johnson Roberts, Priority Watch List, Special 301 Report, trademark counterfeit, USTR
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Bear and Dragon Try the Water for Fast Patent Examination Stream
After the U.S.A (USPTO)., Germany (DPMA), Korean (KIPO) and Japan (JPO), Russia might become the fifth country to have a patent prosecution highway with China. State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO)’s commissioner Tian Lipu signed a Memorandum of Understanding with … Continue reading
Tagged Boris Simonov, ChinaIPR, DPMA, JPO, KIPO, Mark Cohen, MOU, patent examination, patent prosecution highway, RFIPO, Russia, Sheng Li, SIPO, Tian Lipu, USPTO
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