Monthly Archives: November 2009

How Much Does A Copyright Holder Get When His Content is Broadcast in China?

IP Dragon’s friend Rogier Creemer, of Maastricht University, who is doing field research for his his PhD thesis about copyright, piracy and media control, points us to the provisional radio and tv broadcasting recording remuneration payment rules that will be … Continue reading

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FEVS: “Mainland China Principal Counterfeiter Wine”

Dominique Schroeder has a good article about counterfeit wine for Agence France-Presse published in the South China Morning Post today. “The mainland is “the principal counterfeiter”, according to Renaud Gaillard, deputy director of the French export trade body, Federation des … Continue reading

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Push Up the Plagiarism: It’s a Photo, No … It’s a Painting

Joel Martinsen of the great site about Chinese media, advertising, urban life and many more fascinating subjects, Danwei.org, has a great blog about ‘Painted plagiarism of push-up photograph’ read here.

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R&D in China: No Genuine Research, Only Development Thanks to Poor Execution IPR Laws

New Europe reports about EU firms’ enthusiasm about China’s market prospects and their concern about the execution of the IPR laws in China.” “China’s intellectual property laws are not bad. The problem is their implementation,” [EU’s Chamber of Commerce in … Continue reading

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Promotion and Protection of China’s Culture: Hard Copyright For Soft Power

In The Economist special report on China and the US called ‘Overkill’ where the author James Miles postulates the opinion that China is piling up more weapons than it appears to need, Mr Miles also writes about the need for … Continue reading

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US-China Green Technology Transfer Strained By Circular Reasoning

Last month (October 22nd 2009) The Economist had a special report about the relationship between China and the US. In the article ‘The price of cleanliness’ the circular reasoning is pointed out that makes solving the environmental challenge in China … Continue reading

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iSuppli: China’s Grey Mobile Phone Market Explodes

In China there is a vast amount of grey cell phones, which are phones manufactured in China that are not recognised or licensed by government regulators. Grey market shipments are set to be 145 million units. Read market research firm … Continue reading

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Sino-Korean Dispute About Dragon Boat Festival

A bit late, but too interesting to let it pass unnoticed, here is the article by Dr. Zhang Quanyi about South Korea and China who both applied at the UNESCO to put the same dragon boat festival on the list … Continue reading

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First Issue The WIPO Journal Includes Articles About IPR in China

The first issue of the brand new ‘WIPO Journal: Analysis and Debate about Intellectual Property Issues‘ has just been published. I have not read the issue yet, but I am sure Professor Peter K. Yu, the general editor of the … Continue reading

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