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Monthly Archives: June 2012
Plethora of Comments Delayed Release Second Draft Revised Copyright Law
Later in June or beginning of July the National Copyright Administration of China (NCAC) will release the second draft of the revised Copyright Law. The first draft of the revised version was released March 31, 2012, see here. The NCAC … Continue reading
Tagged Copyright Law 2012 first draft, Copyright Law 2012 second draft, NCA
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FIRST INTERNATIONAL IP TREATY BORN IN CHINA: Beijing Signed Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances
IP Dragon Alert The Chinese delegation has signed the Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances ( 视听表演北京条约) on June 26, 2012, read the Chinese article here. It’s the first international intellectual property treaty that was “born” in China. World Intellectual Property Organization … Continue reading
Tagged Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances, IP Dragon Alert, 视听表演北京条约
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Who Cares About Human Rights If You Have Intellectual Property Rights
Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma said after visiting China, that a country that doesn’t protect human rights would have no respect for IPR and other minor rights, according to Liu Kin-ming in a Hong Kong Standard article. But why have an either or … Continue reading
Tagged Copyright Law, human rights, Intangible Cultural Heritage, National Human Rights Action Plan of China (2012-2015), traditional Chinese medicine, 国家人权行动计划
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Prof. Mercurio: In Analyzing IPR in China One Should Distinguish Between Trademark, Copyright and Patent Law
Professor Bryan Mercurio, specialist in international economic law, with particular expertise in WTO law, free trade agreements and the intersection between international trade and intellectual property law and Associate Dean of Chinese University of Hong Kong, has written an interesting … Continue reading
Tagged CEFC, copyright, CUHK, IPR in China, patent, professor Bryan Mercurio, Professor Byran Mercurio, trademark, WTO
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We take YOUR questions!
IP Dragon has received many questions and answered them privately. Now we would like to invite you to come up with a question you want answered publicly. During the next IP Dragon Roar podcast Danny Friedmann will answer some of them. Please … Continue reading
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Demystifying Intellectual Property Rights With Professor David Llewelyn
Professor David Llewelyn’s latest presentation did not miss to resonate with a scholarly audience. The earlier presentations IP Dragon attended included the highly relevant topic such as “Leveraging your IP” and testified an ability to clarify in a … Continue reading
Tagged Birkin, Champagne, CIVC, Comité Colbert, counterfeiting, Crocodile, EU, Feiyue, France, Invisible Gold in Asia Creating Wealth Through Intellectual Property, Kwanpen, L' Oréal vs Bellure, Lacoste, likelihood of confusion, Polo, professor David Llewelyn, Singapore, Singapore Management University, Statute of Monopolies 1623, Subway vs Subway Niche, Swissair, Switzerland, The Body Shop, trademark dilution, trademarks
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We Take YOUR Questions
IP Dragon has received many questions and answered them privately. Now we would like to invite you to come up with a question you want answered publicly. During the next IP Dragon Roar podcast Danny Friedmann will answer some of them. … Continue reading
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Protection of Trademarks in China Is Not Problematic, Prof. Peter K. Yu Explains Why
Saturday IP Dragon was at the conference ‘Charting the New Frontiers of Intellectual Property Protection of Luxury Brands’ organised by the University of Hong Kong. Professor Peter K. Yu of Drake University Law School, Des Moines in Iowa, U.S., gave … Continue reading
Tagged counterfeiting, Drake University Law School, HKU, luxury goods, professor Peter K. Yu, shanzhai, trademark law in China
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IP Dragon Roar Podcast 2 “Spirit, Software, World of War Craft, Compulsory Licensing”
Here is IP Dragon Roar’s second podcast about “Spirit, Software, World-of-War Craft, Compulsory Licensing”. First Jamon Yerger and Matthew Kowalak discuss the following blog posts: Stir up people to innovate by slogan or by a change of culture … Continue reading
Tagged AMSC, Blizzard, compulsory licensing, copyright font infringement, copyright infringement, culture, Danny Friedmann, IP Dragon Roar, Jamon Yerger, Matthew Kowalak, Measures for Compulsory Licensing of Patent Implementation 2012, patent law, Patent Law 2008, podcast, Sinovel Wind Group, slogan, Supreme People's Court
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Measures for Compulsory Licensing of Patent Implementation 2012 added to IP Dragon Laws and Regulations Update
IP Dragon has translated the Measures for Compulsory Licensing of Patent Implementation 2012, and added the English and Chinese version to IP Dragon Laws and Regulation Update.
Tagged IP Dragon Laws and Regulation Update, Measures for Compulsory Licensing of Patent Implementation 2012
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IP Dragon Roar Podcast 1 “Chips, Trends, Cigs”
Here is IP Dragon Roar’s first podcast about “Chips, Trends, Cigs”. First Jamon Yerger and Matthew Kowalak discuss the following blog posts: Manchurian Candidate of Chips: Backdoor or IP Challenge? Trend Thirsty Thursday: Made Better in China Plain Cigarette … Continue reading
Tagged backdoor technology, chips, Danny Friedmann, Hong Kong, Jamon Yerger, Made better in China, Matthew Kowalak, plain cigarette packaging, podcast, trends
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Music Industry Alert: Dissonant Draft of China’s Copyright Law Might Change Tune
Articles 46 and 48 draft version of the amendment of the Copyright Law of March 2012 sounded false in the ears of many musicians in China and abroad. After their respective protests and that of music industry interest groups the … Continue reading
Tagged copyright collective society, Copyright Law PR of China, draft, Music Copyright Society of China, music industry, NCA
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Pharma Alert Q&A: Viread China’s First Victim of Compulsory Licensing?
Innovative pharmaceuticals take notice. Reuters’ Tan Ee Lyn asserts that China “overhauled parts of its intellectual property laws” to allow generics companies to start exploiting patented medicines cheaply. In other words allowing compulsory licensing. Tan mentioned one medicine for HIV … Continue reading
Tagged AIDS, compulsory license, generics, Gilead Sciences Inc., HIV, IP Dragon Laws and Regulation Update, Measures on Compulsory License of Patent Exploitation, medicines, patent law, pharmaceutical industry, Tenofovir, Viread, WHO
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Trend Thirsty Thursday: Compensation for Copyright Infringement of Chinese Character Fonts Is Going Up
Remember IP Dragon’s 2007 article about font maker Beijing University Founder Sued Blizzard Over Font Copyright Infringements? In 2011 the Beijing Higher People’s Court decided that Blizzard did indeed infringe five of Founder’s copyrighted fonts. But even though Founder sought 408 million … Continue reading
Tagged Beijing Higher People's Court, Blizzard, copyright font infringement, Founder, 方正
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Supreme People’s Court Took AMSC v. Sinovel Wind Group Case On Software Copyright Infringement
In November, 2011, IP Dragon posed the question: Is American Superconductor (AMSC) the 21st century version of Don Quixote?, when it sued Sinovel Wind Group of Beijing for violation of trade secrets and software copyright infringement and demanded damages of 1.2 … Continue reading
Tagged American Superconductor, AMSC, arbitration, Beijing Arbitration Commission, Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court, copyright infringement, Hainan Province No. 1 Intermediate People's Court, Sinovel Wind Group, software copyright, Supreme People's Court
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Stir up people to innovate by slogan or by a change of culture
“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you”… “Read slogans and you shall innovate.” The last sentence it not according to the Gospel of Matthew, but according … Continue reading
Tagged Beijing, innovation, slogan
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Plain Cigarette Packaging Debate Ignited Again in Hong Kong
In the Mainland of China there is still growth in the amount of people that start to smoke; now there are 350 million smokers in China. And a scientist specialised in refining cigarettes to the taste of Chinese smokers, has … Continue reading
Tagged Christy Choi, Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health, Hong Kong SCMP, Jennifer Cheng, plain package, tobacco industry, World No Tobacco Day
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