Monthly Archives: January 2009

Huawei Top PCT Applicant 2008; China Sixth Largest User of PCT

Posted on January 29, 2009 by ipdragonimport

The People’s Republic of China has the ambition to shift its manufacturing based economy to a knowledge based economy. Therefore Chinese companies need to innovate, and protect their innovations by patents, internationally. If a company registers its patent in one … Continue reading →

Posted in Huawei, Panasonic, patent application, PCT, Philips, Shenzhen, WIPO, 深圳市 | 1 Comment

Copycats in China: Trains, Plains and … Automobiles

Posted on January 21, 2009 by ipdragonimport

Planes, traines and … automobiles. Chinese copycats in all modes of transport. After this ruling by the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People’s Court against Zhongwei’s Zonda A9 that found the latter copying the MAN AG’s Neoplan Starliner, one might wonder … Continue reading →

Posted in A9, copycat, Iven and Hillmann, MAN AG, Neoplan, Starliner, Zhongwei, Zonda | 1 Comment

Coming Up: China – Costa Rica Free Trade Agreement

Posted on January 21, 2009 by ipdragonimport

After Chile and Peru, Costa Rica is the third Latin American country that is to negociate a free trade agreement with China. Read the AFP article here. Free trade agreements can play an important role in the protection and enforcement … Continue reading →

Posted in bilateral trade agreement, Costa Rica, FTA, professor Mercurio, regional trade agreement, Simon Lester | Leave a comment

IP Dragon Weekend Game: Dyslectic Or Counterfeit

Posted on January 18, 2009 by ipdragonimport

Ms Hannah Wood has an intriguing article about names very similar to famous ones in China. See Ms Wood’s article with pictures, here. Can you guess which are the original brands? The answer can be found by clicking on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Adidas, D and G, Ferrari, Head and Shoulders, KFC, Lacoste, Lexus, McDonald's, Nike, Nokia, Panasonic, Pizza Hut, Playstation, Puma, Sony, Starbucks Coffee | Leave a comment

Poisonous Optima Dog Food: Product Liability Or Blame The Counterfeiters?

Posted on January 17, 2009 by ipdragonimport

Mr Ryan McLaughlin, blogger of Life in Suzhou, wrote about the death of Addie his beloved Golden Retriever around Christmas, read here. According to Mr McLauglin the cause is probably poisonous dog food. Addie was fed dog food from Optima, … Continue reading →

Posted in Andrew Schneider, counterfeit dog food, dog food, Mars, Mr Ryan Mclaughlin, Optima, Seattlepi.com, Taiwan | 2 Comments

Indian High Court Claims Jurisdiction Against Chinese Cybersquatter of ICICIGROUP.COM

Posted on January 17, 2009 by ipdragonimport

Malathi Nayak of Livemint has a very interesting article about who has the jurisdiction over Chinese entities if they infringe intellectual property rights via the internet. In this case a Chinese entity had registered the domain name icicigroup.com which is … Continue reading →

Posted in AmCham, cybersquatting, HiChina Web Solutions Ltd, icicigroup.com, India, jurisdiction, WIPO | Leave a comment

Electric Guitar Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition Makes Itself Heard Against Beijing Infringers

Posted on January 16, 2009 by ipdragonimport

IP Dragon welcomes a new organisation that will fight the manufacturers of and traders in counterfeit guitars. The Electric Guitar Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition (EGACC), founded by four guitar manufacturers; Ibanez, Gretsch, Fender and Paul Reed Smith, in March 2008 and will … Continue reading →

Posted in Beijing, counterfeit, EGACC, Fender, Gretsch, guitar, Ibanez, lobbying, Paul Reed Smith, PSB, SAIC, Xuanwu | Leave a comment

World Trademark Review: "US crowns China top of the counterfeiters"

Posted on January 16, 2009 by ipdragonimport

Adam Smith of the World Trademark Review wrote an article that put a few of the actual news events into perspective.: The news of the US customs that the People’s Republic of China is number one origin of counterfeit goods … Continue reading →

Posted in Mr Adam Smith, National strategy on IPR protection, World Trade Review | Leave a comment

Zen And the Art Of Intellectual Property in China

Posted on January 15, 2009 by ipdragonimport

I love that title (remix of perfect book title: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, by Robert Pirsig, which is a remix of the title Zen in the Art of Archery, by Eugen Herrigel who brought Zen to Europe … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhist, Chanel, 禪, Dhyana, intellectual property in China, Jia Hepeng, kung fu, martial arts, Remix, Seon, Shaolin, Thien, traditional Chinese medicines, Zen | Leave a comment

IP Dragon Writes Book About Intellectual Property in China

Posted on January 15, 2009 by ipdragonimport

Dear readers, I am delighted to announce that I am writing a book for Oxford University Press about intellecual property rights in China. It will be published in 2010. I thank all the (anonymous) peer reviewers that have given feedback … Continue reading →

Posted in Danny Friedmann, Intellectual Property Rights in China, Oxford University Press, peer review | Leave a comment