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Baidu In Search of Copyright Solutions After NCA Fine, and Lawsuits May Follow Suit

By Danny Friedmann   Baidu Inc. and QVOD were each fined 250,000 RMB on December 27, 2013 for copyright infringement by the National Copyright Administration of China (NCA) and had to enjoin their infringing activities. The NCA started the investigation … 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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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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Majority of Online Copyright Infringers Encourage Chinese Government to Step up Protection

On May 3, 2012, the China Youth Daily did a survey under 17,576 respondents about their conduct and perception in regard to copyright protection.     Results survey:      92.7 percent of respondents admitted they had bought or used pirated … Continue reading

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Is American Superconductor Fighting Chinese Windmills?

Don Quixote:      “Do you see over yonder, friend Sancho,                thirty or forty hulking giants?” Sancho Panza:  “What giants?” In Don Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes’ masterpiece (1605 part I, 1615 part II) … Continue reading

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Innovative Enforcement of Trademark and Copyright Infringement by LVMH

What to do when the trademarks and copyrights of your luxury products are infringed by Chinese companies that sell these products online to, for example, U.S. consumers. You can go after the source: using Chinese customs, the administrative, criminal or … Continue reading

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Complaining about Taobao’s IPR Complaint System and a MOU

When the International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) testified for the USCC Hearing on “China’s Intellectual Property Rights and Indigenous Innovation Policy,” April 25, 2011, it focused on the software and recorded music industry. However, they also wrote a letter about the … Continue reading

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IPO Candidate Tudou Is Building Its Patent Portfolio For Future Growth, Promoting Chinese Creativity

With 90.1 million registered users,  Tudou 土豆, which means potato,  is no small potato.  The site for investors ‘Seeking Alpha’ gives an analysis of the Chinese online video site Tudou.com 土豆网 (for which they use the symbol TUDO) in relation to its … Continue reading

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CNTV (CCTV) Sues China Telecom For Copyright Infringement

Geng Wenxin of Global Times, a state owned news organisation, reports about CNTV (China Network Television) part of CCTV (China Central Television) suing two provincial branches of China Telecom for using its copyrighted content without permission. China Telecom at the … Continue reading

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Undecent Miffy Bunnies Spotted In Macau

Warning: This article contains material which may offend and may not be distributed, circulated, sold, hired, given, lent, shown, played or projected to a person under the age of 18 years. Let me first refresh your memory about IP relevant … Continue reading

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Mickey Mouse Went To the Ladies’ Market in Hong Kong Without Disney Knowing It

Unauthorised Use of Disney’s copyright  Smoothite versus Samsonite

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Surrealistic Copyright Infringement During Design Contest TIPO: Work Shattered, But the Truth Came Out

China National News reported the most surreal news IP Dragon has read for a long time. The Taiwanese Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) organised a design competition. The purpose was to make the public respect the intellectual property of other people. … Continue reading

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Shanghai World Expo 2010 Exposes Organisers’ Lack of Creativity

In 2007 the Bureau of the Shanghai World Expo 2010 Coordination promulgated a special regulatation (See here: No. 11) concerning intellectual property rights. In short all participants to the World Expo were warned that they should comply to China’s IPR … Continue reading

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Google Government Requests Tool Copyrighted Content Included and What About China?

Google has launched a Google Maps tool, called Google Government Requests to show statistics of all government requests it is getting to supply data or to remove content and the percentage it is fully or partially complying with these requests. … Continue reading

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Shanghai’s “Bad Girl” Writer Mian Mian (棉棉) Sues Google

The writer of the banned book Candy, and, Panda Sex (according to China Daily more mature) and Acid Love, sues Google.Shanghai’s “Best Bad Girl” Author Mian Mian (棉棉), finds support from the China Written Works Copyright Society. Chen Jia en … Continue reading

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Tomatolei.com Copyright Infringement Case: Four Sentenced To Imprisonment

See the verdict of the Suzhou Huqiu District People’s Court’s in the copyright infringement case against tomatolei.com at the BSA site here.

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Effect of DS362 on Copyright Piracy in China Nil?

Rogier Creemers of the University of Maastricht, Faculty of Law, has written an interesting article that will be published in the forthcoming number of European Intellectual Property Review: ‘The Effects of WTO Case DS362 on Audiovisual Media Piracy in China’. … Continue reading

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Harlan Ellison Says The Darndest Things About Digital Piracy Of His Work

May 16-17, 2009, the International Herald Tribune had the following quote from the sci-fi author and screenwriter Harlan Ellison:  “If you put your hand in my pocket, you’ll drag back six inches of bloody stump.” 

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16 Copyright Piracy Suspects Identified During Operation Torpedo in Hong Kong

According to a press release by Karri Ho from the International Federation Against Copyright Theft – Greater China (IFACT-GC), from September 29 to October 1, IFACT-GC representing the Motion Picture Association (MPA) and the CJ Mark Committee (CJ Mark) in … Continue reading

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First Bar Ordered To Pay Damages For Copyright Infringements of Karaoke Songs

In April the People’s Court in the Chancheng district of Guangdong Province’s Foshan city ordered Haoledi Entertainment Company, the karaoke bar management firm, to pay damanges of 30,000 yuan (4,286 U.S. dollars) by Beijing-based New Run Entertainment Company, a performance … Continue reading

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Internet Copyright Law 2006 Difference Between Winning (Baidu) And Losing (Yahoo China)?

Although both Baidu.com and Yahoo China basically provided deep links to pirated mp3’s, Baidu won in court, while Yahoo China lost. What are the differences? 7 (minus EMI) IFPI members versus Baidu.com Wang Hongjiang of Xinhua reports about a group … Continue reading

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Mr Schwabach’s Essay Debunks Perception IP Piracy in China, But Remains Silent About IP Infringements In/From China

Aaron Schwabach wrote an well written and interesting essay called ‘Intellectual Property Piracy: Perception and Reality in China, the United States, and Elsewhere’. Find the pdf here. Mr Schwabach starts with the quote: “There is probably more misinformation about China … Continue reading

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Bust of an Allegedly Pirated DVD Vendor in Hangzhou Night Market: Show or for Real?

A certain msmakara witnessed, recorded it and uploaded a video on YouTube of Hangzhou police who bust an alleged pirated DVD vendor in June 9, 2007. See here. msmakara wrote as an introduction to the video:“As I was walking through … Continue reading

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Protect Or Destroy: Pick Your Choice in Transformers’ IPR

Mr John Neff of the Autoblog is ranting against China’s car advertisments that use cars transforming into robots and vice versa. His article’s title is: “Chinese automakers copy everything else, why not the Transformers”, read more here. One should distinguish … Continue reading

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Confucius Institute Has Already Apologised And Removed China Expat Copyrighted Content From Its Site

The Confucius Institute online has already removed the copyrighted content of China Expat that was published unauthorisedly on its site. They want to talk with China Expat in the future to see whether they can start a partnership. IP Dragon … Continue reading

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Is Infringing IPR Promoting a Greater Understanding of Chinese Culture?

Josh Gartner of China Expat asks himself the following questions: Why is the Confucius Institute Online Stealing Content? Referring to the content this institute unauthorisedly copied from China Expat, well documented on the site of China Expat. The Confucius Institute, … Continue reading

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Netfilm.cn Is Making a Clean Sweep in Guangzhou Netcafes

China Tech News reports about Netfilm.cn, a big copyright holder who filed a lawsuit against 379 netcafes in Guangzhou for alleged infringing of copyrights by downloading online videos. Netfilm.cn is taking online copyright infringement pretty serious and their approach is … Continue reading

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Yahoo! China Ruling Shows Responsibility Sites For Removing Infringing Material

Remember the story about the allegations of copyright infringements (mp3 and ringtones) against Yahoo! China by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), in March, 2006? Read here. The case was heard by the Beijing No.2 Intermediate People’s Court … Continue reading

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Alibaba Sued By Music Companies Over Yahoo! China’s Alleged Copyright Infringements

Li Xinran of the Shanghai Daily reports about Alibaba, operator of Yahoo China (in 2005 Alibaba bought Yahoo! China, then Yahoo! bought 40 percent of Alibaba) , who has been sued by eleven music companies, because Yahoo! China allegedly provided … Continue reading

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“Videos with ‘copyright challenging character’ most popular”

Netanel Jacobsson is a Swede living in Israel running Maxthon, a company that developes a browser in China (which reached 62 million dollars in one and a half year without marketing). Jacobsson’s last two blogs are about the Piper Jaffray’s … Continue reading

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Dafen: Famous for its Art Industry, Infamous for its Copyright Infringements

Dafen, a village near Shenzhen is famous for its art industry and infamous for its copyright infringements. Article 21 Copyright Law states that the term of copyright protection in respect of a work of a citizen shall be the lifetime … Continue reading

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Plagiarus Winner of 2007 is Guangzhou Company

This year the Guangzhou based company He Shan Jia Hui Vacuum Flask & Vessel Co., Ltd. has won the mock prize of the golden nosed dwarf: Plagiarus. I would almost say congrats. Jug „Sophie“Original: alfi GmbH, Wertheim, GermanyPlagiarism: He Shan … Continue reading

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Pfizer Accuses Guangzhou Welman Of Copyright Infringement

Pfizer sued Guangzhou Welman for alleged copyright infringement of Viagra reports Forbes. I wonder why Pfizer’s allegations focused on copyright infringement instead of patent infringement, or both. Or is copyright used mistakingly as the prototype of an intellectual property? Read … Continue reading

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Baidu Acquitted Of Charges By HK Music Companies Of Copyright Infringements

In September seven Hong Kong music companies brought against Baidu, the largest search engine of China, a copyright infringement lawsuit. Beijing No.1 Intermediate People’s Court ruled that the accusations did not have adequate legal support. The seven companies were:Universal Music … Continue reading

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MIP Briefing About Copyright For Web Design

Howard and Thomas Tsang (don’t know if they are family) of Wilkinson and Grist wrote an article for Managing Intellecutal Property about a copyright infringement case concerning web design. The plaintiff Eating.cn, yes a site about food, had duly registered … Continue reading

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