Monthly Archives: July 2007

"Unprecedented" China-FBI Crackdown On Software Piracy

Posted on July 25, 2007 by ipdragonimport

In a press release, J. Stephen Tidwell, assistent director of the Los Angeles Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), informs the public about a joint crackdown on manufacturers of software piracy in Shanghai, Shenzhen and distributors in the US by China’s … Continue reading →

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In Order To Clean Up China’s Environment Intellectual Property Rights Need To Be Protected

Posted on July 24, 2007 by ipdragonimport

July 10, IP Dragon wrote that the IP protection in China is a big challenge, but peanuts compared to China’s environmental challenge and elaborated on the parallels between solving IP and the environmental problems, read more here. Mr Matt Perkins … Continue reading →

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New Harry Potter Books in China, Magic Or Rip-off?

Posted on July 24, 2007 by ipdragonimport

Roy Berman of Mutant Frog Travelogue has a nice post on illegally published novel-length “fanfiction” of Harry Potter books and got a hold on these books and scanned the front pages of them. See more here. UPDATE: Mr Howard W. … Continue reading →

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Of IP’s Most Important Figures of 2007 Who is Most Relevant to IP in China?

Posted on July 23, 2007 by ipdragonimport

The magazine Managing Intellectual Property announced IP’s Most Important Figures of 2007. Of this group, who deserved this title because of its role regarding IP in China? Obviously this includes Ms Wu Yi (China’s vice-premier and IP-negotiator) and Mr Tian … Continue reading →

Posted in Baker and McKenzie, China Copyright Alliance, Dan Glickman, Jack Chang, Joseph Simone, landlords case, Louis Vuitton, LVMH, Managing IP, Nathalie Moullé-Berteaux, QBPC, SIPO, Tian Lipu, Wu Yi | Leave a comment

China’s General Protecht Group Wins IPR Case in US

Posted on July 22, 2007 by ipdragonimport

Li Yang of CCTV.com reports about several patent infringement disputes between US-based Leviton against Zhejiang Province-based General Protecht Group’s US subsidiary General Protecht Group Inc. The lawsuits were filed April 2004 and only June 10, 2007 a US court came … Continue reading →

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China’s Impact On Intellectual Property

Posted on July 18, 2007 by ipdragonimport

The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is sponsoring a China-focused intellectual property “roadshow” July 23-24, 2007 in Philadephia. Topics: China’s laws and regulations that may affect how a business protects and enforces its intellectual property; how best to protect … Continue reading →

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Guge Case: Business Name vs Trademark Dispute Or Practical Problem?

Posted on July 18, 2007 by ipdragonimport

On June 29, the Beijing Haidian District People’s Court accepted the case of Beijing Guge Science and Technology Ltd. versus Google’s subsidiary in China called Guge for disrupting business. Tian Yunshan, company secretary for Beijing Guge Science and Technology said … Continue reading →

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Protect Or Destroy: Pick Your Choice in Transformers’ IPR

Posted on July 17, 2007 by ipdragonimport

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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Don’t Drink Beijing Tap Water, Water from the Cooler Filled With Beijing Tap Water; Drink Beer?

Posted on July 17, 2007 by ipdragonimport

I can still remember the economics classes where free goods were to include water. This is certainly not the case in China any longer. Joel Martinsen of Danwei en Jia Fenyong reported already July 4, here, that drinkable water from … Continue reading →

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IP Dragon is China Blog Awards Nominee 2007

Posted on July 13, 2007 by ipdragonimport

IP Dragon is honoured to be nominated for the Chinalyst.net’s China Blog Awards 2007. If you like IP Dragon, you can vote for it here (until July 31). IP Dragon is in good company of the following nominees; China Briefing … Continue reading →

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