By: Steve Dickinson One of China’s primary challenges is fostering technology innovation. The Chinese authorities want China to transform its industrial model from a low value added/low level technology model to the opposite. To combat stagnating economic growth and the threat of energy and resource restraints, government policy is to try to effect this change… Continue Reading
Tag Archives: Intellectual property rights
Anti-Monopoly Law And Practice In China: A Must Read.
Posted in Good People, Legal News, Recommended ReadingI recently received the book, Anti-Monopoly Law and Practice in China, written by H. Stephen Harris, Jr. (no relation), Peter J. Wang, Yizhe Zhang, Mark A. Cohen, and Sebastian J. Evrard. All of the authors are practicing lawyers, one with Microsoft, one with Baker & McKenzie, and the others with Jones Day. I know this… Continue Reading
China IPR In Boise, Idaho
Posted in EventsThe International Law Students Association (ILSA) at the University of Idaho School of Law is putting on a seminar on international intellectual property issues (including piracy and counterfeiting), with a China focus. The seminar will take place in Moscow, Idaho, on October 19, from 3:45 pm to 9:00 pm. (h/t to IP Dragon). The seminar… Continue Reading
China Courts And Abuses Of Power
Posted in Legal NewsInteresting post on the Black China Hand, entitled “Judge and Jury,” referring to a New York Times article [free on the Amherst Times, hence the link there] on court problems. The article highlights wretched court facilities, a lack of due process, and a lack of qualified judges: Some of the courtrooms are not even courtrooms:… Continue Reading
Dell Computer Loses China Trademark Case — Big Yawn
Posted in Legal NewsDell Computer just lost a trademark infringement lawsuit in China. I certainly hope that case is never cited as an example of China not enforcing intellectual property rights (IPR) because it is not (h/t to Asia Business Intelligence and to the IP Dragon). The case was decided in Beijing and we are looking to see… Continue Reading
China Court Issues Landmark Ruling In Digital Online Music Copyright Case
Posted in Legal NewsBeijing No. 2 Intermediate People’s Court just issued a ruling finding China.com liable for copyright infringement for selling ring tones that were shortened versions of music form Taiwanese pop star, Jay Chou. The court ordered China.com to pay plaintiff approximately $3,750 in damages for having sold 18 copies of pirated cell phone ring tones online. … Continue Reading
China IPR — Survey Says IP Protection Still Lacking
Posted in Legal NewsThe American Chamber of Commerce in China just released its yearly survey of U.S. companies in China and the bottom line on China intellectual property (IP) protection is flat out bad (h/t to China Challenges Blog). According to the survey, 41% of U.S. companies in China believe counterfeiting of their products increased in 2005 and… Continue Reading
China Courts Are Widening Their Intellectual Property (IP) Enforcement Nets
Posted in Legal NewsFive western luxury goods makers, Prada, Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Gucci, and Burberry just won a landmark trademark case in the Beijing High People’s Court against the Beijing-based Silk Street Market, according to this China Daily article. The ruling requires the Silk Street Market to pay each of the five companies 20,000 yuan (approximately US $2,500)… Continue Reading
Blackberry Vs. RedBerry In China
Posted in Legal NewsBlackberry just announced[link no longer exists] that it will be launching its service in China by the middle of this year, through China Mobile. Not to be upstaged, China Unicom announced it will be launching its own mobile e-mail service in China, called, Redberry. With China putting on a grand show this week (before President… Continue Reading
Qingdao Court Rules In Favor Of Starbucks In Landmark Chinese Trademark Case (Part II)
Posted in Legal NewsBy: Steve Dickinson In part I of this series on China trademarks, I blogged about Starbucks’ trademark history in China and about the recent Qingdao court decision finding a Qingdao coffee shop had violated various of Starbucks’ Chinese trademarks. In this post, I discuss my own on the ground observations of the Qingdao coffee shop… Continue Reading
Danish Clothing Company Sues China eBay Over Online Counterfeit Sales
Posted in Legal NewsAccording to The Shanghai Daily, [link no longer exists] Danish clothing company, Aktieselskabet Af 21 November 2001, owner of the Only, Vero Moda and Jack & Jones clothing brands, has sued “eBay’s China arm,” eBay Eachnet, in a Shanghai court, for allegedly allowing counterfeit sales on its website. Aktieselskabet is seeking $25,000 in damages, a… Continue Reading
Chinese Government Not an IPR Monolith
Posted in Legal NewsFellow blogger, Micah Sittig, recently took us to task in a comment to our “Intellectual Property Protection — China is Getting Serious” post. Mr Sittig, who appears to be a Westerner teaching in Shanghai, noted as follows: Be careful not to fall into the view of a monolithic China. It is in the Chinese government’s… Continue Reading
Intellectual Property Protection — China Is Getting Serious
Posted in Legal NewsRecent Reuters story [link no longer exists] reports on China Vice Premier Wu Yi’s vow last week to intensify China’s fight against illegally copied goods. “Without intellectual property rights protection, there cannot be homegrown innovation,” she said. “We must be crystal clear that our country still has far to go in protecting intellectual property rights.” … Continue Reading
Protecting Intellectual Property (IP) In China — The McKinsey Way
Posted in Recommended ReadingJust came across this excellent McKinsey Quarterly, entitled, “Protecting intellectual property in China: Litigation is no substitute for strategy.” The article is on China Intellectual Property (IP) protection strategies. I like how this article stresses that legal tactics (such as registering and enforcing your IP and contracting to secure your trade secrets) are the bare… Continue Reading
China IP Protection Improving — Confirmation By Leading Economists
Posted in Legal NewsIP enforcement in China is obviously not as good as in places like the United States, Japan, or the EU, but it is much better than widely believed. And it is certainly much better than the Western media presents it. On top of that, we are seeing constant improvement and we have noted some of… Continue Reading
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