Monthly Archives: July 2009

New Red Dawn in Patents: More Chinese than Foreign Companies Filed Chinese Invention Patents

Posted on July 31, 2009 by ipdragonimport

Joff Wild of IAM Magazine has another great blog: ‘Major breakthrough for Chinese companies in the patenting stakes’ , read here. Mr Wild observes that according to SIPO’s statistics the first half of 2009 show that Chinese domestic companies filed … Continue reading →

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Cherkizovsky Market Closed Because of Counterfeit and Pirated Goods From China

Posted on July 31, 2009 by ipdragonimport

Cherkizovsky Market, Russia’s biggest market was closed down after discovery of more than 6,000 containers of counterfeit and pirated goods from China worth US$ 2 billion. The market was described by Russia Today (RT) as a “country within a country”. … Continue reading →

Posted in Cherkizovsky market, copyright pirates, counterfeit trademark, Russia | 1 Comment

News From The Front Lines

Posted on July 28, 2009 by ipdragonimport

Guest article and picture by Mikołaj Rogowski Writing that the all-front global IPR war between the owners and the infringers is well underway might sound a bit of a truism so I will simply skip to the notable news from … Continue reading →

Posted in Best Buy, China Daily, China Post, Mikołaj Rogowski, patent law, Taiwan Microsoft, Wall Mart | Leave a comment

Good Old Days of Counterfeiting in Hong Kong?

Posted on July 21, 2009 by ipdragonimport

Adrian Burden of No to Fakes interviewed Sarah McCartney, the writer of the book Fake Factor. Sarah McCartney: “A couple of decades ago people could only buy fakes if they went abroad for them. Part of the fun of visiting … Continue reading →

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Effect of DS362 on Copyright Piracy in China Nil?

Posted on July 20, 2009 by ipdragonimport

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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Obama Endorses Fake Blackberry? Yea, right…

Posted on July 16, 2009 by ipdragonimport

Jason Dean and Ellen Zhu of China Journal of the WSJ, have a nice post about a rip-off version of Blackberry called Blockberry which pretends in an advertisement to be endorsed by the president of the USA. Read here. I … Continue reading →

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Recession + E-commerce = Counterfeiting

Posted on July 14, 2009 by ipdragonimport

Robert Klara wrote a very nice article: ‘The Fight Against Fakes’ for Brandweek. His article is about: the economic crisis and advent of e-commerce that prove to be a fatal mix for brands; trademarks are increasingly being infringed upon; if … Continue reading →

Posted in Abercrombie and Fitch, Brandweek, Federation of Swiss Watches, Fragrance Foundation, Harper's Bazaar, INTA, L'Oréal, Les Cubeurs, Luis Vuitton, Luxury Institute, LVMH, Marks and Clerk, Robert Klara | Leave a comment

Article 6ter Paris Convention Online: Hong Kong (2), China (0), Netherlands (37)

Posted on July 13, 2009 by ipdragonimport

March 31, 2009, WIPO’s first electronic publication of signs, emblems etc. protected under article 6ter Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, see here. On this day (July 13, 2009), if you type in China, you see only the … Continue reading →

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EU Customs Report 2008 About IPR Enforcement Activities not IPR Infringements from China

Posted on July 10, 2009 by ipdragonimport

Yesterday the European Commission Directorate-General Taxation and Customs Union (DG TAXUD) published the ‘Report on EU Customs Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights. Results at the European Border 2008’. On page 9 we find a crucial alinea, which disclaims the scope … Continue reading →

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Fake iPhones: Rip-off or Innovation

Posted on July 7, 2009 by ipdragonimport

iPhone in relation to China is in the news again. Stan Abrams of China Hearsay wrote about the alleged looming problems with Apple’s iPhone trademark in China, see here. And then I was interviewed by Sophie Pilgrim of France 24, … Continue reading →

Posted in China Hearsay, counterfeit, Danny Friedmann, France, France24, iPhone, Sophie Pilgrim | Leave a comment