Monthly Archives: December 2010

Who Needs Le Louvre If You Can Touch Fake Sculptures in Hong Kong?

From December 10 to February 20, 2011, you can see and feel 18 fake sculptures in the Hong Kong Museum of Art in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon. The real ones will stay safe in Le Louvre in Paris. The invitation … Continue reading

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Benchmarking China’s IPR Protection and Enforcement

In response to China’s umpteenth pledge to protect intellectual property, Mr Robert Holleyman, president of the Business Software Alliance (BSA) said: “We will know China has made real progress in reducing piracy only when software companies start seeing substantial increases … Continue reading

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Paradox of Strong Brands in China: Cause And Cure of Counterfeiting

If you have a strong brand, chances are that your trademark will be counterfeited in China. The counterfeiter can simply manufacture unauthorised copies of a popular brand: no developing costs, no marketing costs, and certainty about the demand. Then again … Continue reading

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Parallel Universe Shenzhen: Where The iPads Run on Android

Androids have landed on Shenzhen’s beachPhoto Danny Friedmann By Michiel Tjoe-Awie The market penetration of Google’s Android mobile operating system came second, behind Nokia’s Symbian but was preferred above Apple’s iOS. The iPad is still the most popular “pad”. Wouldn’t … Continue reading

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Just Sue Them! Nike Went After One End User For Ordering Chinese Counterfeit Trainers Via The Internet

Nike International Limited (Bermuda), Nike European Operations Netherlands BV and Nike UK Limited sued Mr E. Bateman for buying counterfeit trainers via the internet, in the England and Wales Patent County Court (served August 26, 2010 and heard October 11, … Continue reading

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Sex, Lies And The Right of Integrity of the Grimm Brothers’ Heirs

The (Hong Kong ) Standard has an Agence France-Press article ‘Sex-crazed dwarfs get pulled‘ about China Friendship Publishing Company and China Media Time that copied the erotic adaption of the Grimm brothers’ Fairy Tales by the Japanese duo Kiryu Misao. … Continue reading

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Three Main Problem Categories To Foreign Related IPR Litigation in China

The President Assistant of the Civil Fifth Court, part of the Beijing Municipal Intermediate People’s Court Number 1, Yi Jun gave his view on what are the most important foreign-related IPR ligitation problems. The President Assistant distinguishes three categories of … Continue reading

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32 Senators Urge Vice-Premier State Council to Fix IPR and Indigenous Innovation Policy in China

32 U.S. senators have sent an open letter to Wang Qishan, China’s Vice-Premier of the State Council. They urge him to use the U.S.-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT) to address the problems U.S. companies face in regard … Continue reading

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Professor T. Ginsburg’s “Eastphalia” Theory Applicable To IPR Law in China?

Yesterday, Professor Tom Ginsburg of University of Chicago Law School was giving a presentation at the University of Hong Kong about his paper ‘Eastphalia As The Perfection Of Westphalia’, which will be published in the Indiana Journal of Global Legal … Continue reading

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Botanical DNA To Authenticate Mobile Phones, Laptops, Electronica

In the battle against ever more inventive counterfeiters ever more inventive authentication systems are needed. Applied DNA Sciences and Nissha Printing will collaborate on DNA authentication solutions for mobile phones, laptops and electronics. Read the press release by Applied DNA … Continue reading

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U.S. Senator Snaps Over Counterfeit Guitar Strings from China

Long Island, New York City guitar string company D’Addario’s is facing online counterfeit challenges which originate from China. U.S. senator Charles E. Schumer urges the Homeland Department of Security to investigate and take all needed enforcement measures. “that the government … Continue reading

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Confucius Peace Prize: Did China Just Counterfeit the Nobel Peace Prize?

What has been China’s reaction to institutions it does not have any grip on? Come up with new substitutes. When the Holy Seat in Rome would not listen to Beijing it came up with its own version of this church, … Continue reading

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Prepositions in China Product Labels Tell It All: Good Bye Country of Origin, Hello Country of Destination

1 articles to go: IP Dragon on its way to its 1,000th article The world is flat according to Thomas Friedman, and therefore the determination of the country of origin of most products is becoming more complex. So what should … Continue reading

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HKPC Grants 100 mln HK Dollar: But What Is So Innovative About A Reverse-Engineered Seat For An Outdated Plane?

2 articles to go: IP Dragon on its way to its 1000th article Jake van der Kamp, columnist of Jake’s View in the South China Morning Post is filleting Hong Kong Productivity Council (HKPC)’s decision to grant 10 million HK … Continue reading

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Innovative Copycats? MIIT Vice Minister’s Remark On Piggybacking of Innovative Copycats

3 articles to go: IP Dragon on its way to its 1,000th article Adam Smith of World Trademark Review wrote a column about China’s Vice Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) Yang Xueshan, who made a … Continue reading

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IP Dragon Book Review: Poorly Made In China

Paul Midler‘s book Poorly Made in China is remarkable. He not only wrote a first hand account of the challenges companies face when they manufacture their products in China, but did it in a lucid, literary style, something you would … Continue reading

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WikiLeaks U.S. Cable: “Chinese Government Ordered Hack Google”

Ellen Nakashima of the Washington Post wrote: “The penetrations resulted in the theft of “significant” intellectual property, Google officials said.” Read her article her. Whether it is true or not is unsure: the source is anonymous and the leaker too … Continue reading

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Music in China Business Model: Life Without Oxygen Possible?

6 articles to go: IP Dragon on its way to its 1000th article NASA discovered that life can exist even without the 6 building blocks that were presumed crucial; carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus and sulfur, read here. In the … Continue reading

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Consolidation of China’s Internet Market Will Breed Better IPR Protection and Enforcement

7 articles to go: IP Dragon on its way to its 1000th article China Knowledge@Wharton, a bi-weekly online resource, has an interesting overview article about the Land-Grab Mentality: The Cutthroat Competition on China’s Internet. Mark Natkin, managing director of Marbridge … Continue reading

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