Monthly Archives: December 2006

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Warns Against Counterfeit Circuit Breaks, Viagra and Shampoo

Posted on December 30, 2006 by ipdragonimport

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) warned against several counterfeit products from China, Russia and Pakistan causing health and safety risks, reports Robers Fife for CTV. Some of the counterfeit products have high levels of the wrong ingredient: Viagra knock-offs … Continue reading →

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FA Premier League Against Trademark Infringers 1:0

Posted on December 29, 2006 by ipdragonimport

Sarah Butler reported for the Times Online about two rulings by the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People’s Court: The English FA (football association, nowadays called after their sponsor: Barclays) Premier League was victorious in a trademark dispute with Xiangshi Celebration … Continue reading →

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Li Ka-shing: Bring IP Offenders to Justice Even At A Loss

Posted on December 28, 2006 by ipdragonimport

The Edge Daily from Malaysia gives a summary of an interview Li Ka-shing, China’s richest man, gave to Forbes Asia. Li Ka-shing invites foreign pharmaceutical companies to partner up with him to integrate low production costs in China with the … Continue reading →

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Anticipated Supreme People’s Court Decision in Counterfeit Case Between Montresor and Ferrero

Posted on December 26, 2006 by ipdragonimport

David Eimar reports for The Independent about the much anticipated Supreme People’s Court ruling next month between Montresor’s Tresor Dore and Ferrero Rocher. Eimar points out a salient aspect of the case: “Tresor Dore, a popular Chinese brand of chocolates … Continue reading →

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Reaction To Danwei’s Question About Republishing In China

Posted on December 24, 2006 by ipdragonimport

Danwei’s Jeremy Goldkorn has an interesting article about whether it is legal to copy and paste entire news articles, read here. China’s copyright law should be in lign with the Berne Convention of which China is a signatory since July … Continue reading →

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Counterfeiters Prevent Other Counterfeiters From Copying Them

Posted on December 21, 2006 by ipdragonimport

Melinda Liu of Newsweek went to Yaxiu shopping mall in Beijing to get a first hand experience of the IPR infringement problem the new “strategic economic dialogue” between China and the United States, among other things such as the US … Continue reading →

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Counterfeit Goods and Piracy Segment 2005 in Numbers: The Overview

Posted on December 21, 2006 by ipdragonimport

Douglas (aka Dog McFly) sent me an email pointing out the site of Havoscope. This site shows China’s share in market value of counterfeit and piracy goods, here, based on the numbers of the Quality Brands Protection Committee and the … Continue reading →

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Medicine For Protection of Traditional Knowledge Is Patience

Posted on December 20, 2006 by ipdragonimport

Yan Liang of Xinhua Online wrote the article: Greater international co-operation called for traditional knowledge IP protection. It’s about the interregional seminar of the intergovernmental committee on Traditional Knowledge, Genetic Resources and Traditional Cultural Expressions/Folklore (IGC), in Zhenghzou, organised by … Continue reading →

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Last Emperor’s Brother Tried to Claim Personality Rights

Posted on December 14, 2006 by ipdragonimport

88 year old Jin Youzhi tried to claim the personality rights based on article 10 Copyright Law of his brother Aisin Giorro Pu Yi, who was the last emperor of China, to no avail: “Beijing No. 2 Intermediate People’s Court, … Continue reading →

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China Enterprise Copyright Alliance Launched

Posted on December 12, 2006 by ipdragonimport

December 11, six Chinese companies: Shanda Entertainment, Netease, Sina, Microsoft China, Kingsoft and Sunchime Cartoon Group have established the China Enterprise Copyright Alliance. The plan was announced in September during the 2006 International Copyright Forum in Beijing, which was jointly … Continue reading →

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