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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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The Making of the Beijing Treaty: Actors’ Rights Feature in Capital

There is a Diplomatic Conference on the Protection of Audiovisual Performance going on. Convened by the World Intellectual Property Organization and hosted by the People’s Republic of China. It started June 20 and will be concluded on June 26, 2012. … 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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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