Monthly Archives: March 2011

Reptilian reportage

Posted on March 23, 2011 by ipdragonimport

IP Komodo may have a forked tongue, but he speaks the IP truth! He has trawled this weeks China IP news and the hottest topic appears to be sightings of IP Dragon, with fiery tongue, sighted in the vicinity and … Continue reading →

Posted in Aomega, Fujian, IP Komodo Dragon, Omega, patents, Quanzhou, SIPO, statistics, TRAB | Leave a comment

China civil litigation analysis

Posted on March 23, 2011 by ipdragonimport

IP Komodo has been playing with the Rouse litigation analysis tool Ciela. Over 12,000 IP decisions from China have been put into a database and is available for searching, at no cost. It can be used to search by city, … Continue reading →

Posted in Ciela, Guangzhou, Rouse, Shanghai | Leave a comment

Rouse Roundtable: Copyright Today

Posted on March 23, 2011 by ipdragonimport

Sharon Qiao, of Rouse, awarded for being a ‘Top Copyright Practitioner’ by the Beijing Copyright Office, together with Mr Xu Chao, Deputy Director of Copyright Division of NCAC, would like to invite you to attend a case study and roundtable … Continue reading →

Posted in Beijing Copyright Office, NCAC, Rouse, Sharon Qiao | Leave a comment

China’s global patent docket

Posted on March 23, 2011 by ipdragonimport

The People’s Daily reports that in 2010 China filed 6,552 invention patent applications at the USPTO, 2,049 at the European Patent Office, 1,001 at the Japan Patent Office and 496 at the Korean Intellectual Property Office. IP Komodo had some … Continue reading →

Posted in EU, Japan, patents, South Korea, triadic patents, U.S. | Leave a comment

Guidelines on Several Issues Regarding the Applicable Law for Hearing Disputes Arising from Franchising Contracts

Posted on March 22, 2011 by ipdragonimport

Almost 4 years after the Regulations for Administration of Commercial Franchising (2007) (“Regulations”) were promulgated, the Guidelines on Several Issues Regarding the Applicable Law for Hearing Disputes arising from Commercial Franchising Contracts (the “Guidelines”) were issued by the Beijing High … Continue reading →

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New rules on Criminal IP infringement released

Posted on March 21, 2011 by ipdragonimport

Photo Danny Friedmann New rules on IP infringement in criminal cases have been issued by the Supreme People’s Court, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate and the Ministry of Public Security on 10 January 2011, to clarify a number of areas in … Continue reading →

Posted in criminal enforcement, IP Komodo Dragon | 1 Comment

Online infringement and ISP liability

Posted on March 18, 2011 by ipdragonimport

The IP Dragon hasn’t been seen for 2 weeks now. IP Komodo wonders if his cousin might return soon and is worried about the mess, especially since IP Komodo tends to leave the remains of his lunch lying around… Some … Continue reading →

Posted in Baidu, contributory liability, Fang Zhouzi, IP Komodo Dragon, SAIC, Taobao, USTR, Xinhua | Leave a comment

Seminar announcement "Management and Commercialisation of Intellectual Property"

Posted on March 17, 2011 by ipdragonimport

The Faculty of Law of University of Hong Kong presents an intensive course given by Professors David Llewelyn and Li Yahong on Management and Commercialisation of Intellectual Property Photo: Danny Friedmann Organised by LLM (IT & IPL) ProgrammeJune 14-25, 2011Venue: … Continue reading →

Posted in Management and Commercialisation of Intellectual Property, professor David Llewelyn, Professor Li Yahong, University of Hong Kong | Leave a comment

Beijing’s Silk Market

Posted on March 14, 2011 by ipdragonimport

IP Komodo’s friend Tim Smith of Rouse was curious to know what was happening at the famous Beijing Silk Market. He asked his intern Dominic to take a look and here is what they found. Large public notices appear around … Continue reading →

Posted in Abercrombie and Fitch, Adidas, Burberry, Chanel, Giorgio Armani, Givenchy, Hermes, Hugo Boss, IP Komodo Dragon, Miu Miu, Nike, North Face, Prada, Ralph Lauren, Rouse, Silk Market, Tim Smith | 1 Comment

The Lizard’s weekly news roundup

Posted on March 14, 2011 by ipdragonimport

Some of the more interesting news stories IP Komodo has spotted this week: CNN reports on the growth in counterfeit wine trade in China. Destruction of the bottles is now common practice at the auction houses, for original fine wine … Continue reading →

Posted in AIC, Benfolds, IP Komodo Dragon, Lafite Rothschild, Penfolds, SIPO, Taobao, USTR | Leave a comment