Monthly Archives: June 2009

May You Live In Interesting Times Online: Does China’s Green Dam Includes Pirated Code?

May you live in interesting times on the Chinese internet: pre-installed filtering technology which is used to censor, a passionate opinion against it supported by a massive internet survey, and last but not least the very filtering software might be … Continue reading

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Supreme People’s Court of China: “Current Economic Situation Makes Granting IPR Injunctions More Difficult”

December 2008, I dealt with the ‘Influence of the Financial Crisis on the Enforcement of Intellectual Property in China‘. In this post I wrote:In China there are still villages dependent on the production of counterfeit and pirated goods. The incentive … Continue reading

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Sino-Japanese IPR Memorandum of Understanding: What Does It All Mean?

Although the text of the IPR MOU between China and Japan is not available, Adam Smith of the World Trademark Review tried to make sense of it all and prognose what the results will be of the negotiations/cooperations and asked … Continue reading

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Copyright Administrative Punishment Implementation Rules (2009)

The Administrative Punishment Rules for Copyright Infringement were recently updated and will take effect June 15, 2009. Rogier Creemers, Ph.D. Researcher at Maastricht University (the Netherlands) who already obtained a Master’s degree in Sinology from the University of Leuven (Belgium), … Continue reading

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Working Group Must Protect Against Flood of Chinese IPR Infringements of Japanese Products

Mainichi Daily News reports that Japan and the People’s Republic of China have set up a working group to address intellectual property challenges. This Sunday the working group (which consists of the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Ministry and … Continue reading

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LOIYIR Must Stop Using L’Oréal’s Chinese Name and Claiming It’s Part of L’Oréal

Already in 2007 there was some confusion among consumers, see the question at Ask Koubei here: Question: “LOIYIR 是 L’Oréal 的产品吗?” translation: LOIYIR is L’Oréal’s product?Answer: “不是.” Translation: noThe confusion was created by Hangzhou LOIYIR Cosmetics and Shanghai Meilianni Cosmetics … Continue reading

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