Monthly Archives: February 2012

Current State On Writing On Counterfeiting in China

Posted on February 29, 2012 by ipdragonimport

Comment on commentNeil Wilkoff, blogger of IP Finance, commented on an Economist article, called Pro Logo: Brands in China (January 14, 2012) see here, that did not give enough context nor support for its assertions. The first part of the article … Continue reading →

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Precious Lessons Learned From Hermès’ Unregistered Trademark In China

Posted on February 28, 2012 by ipdragonimport

Love for horses, Love for gemsAlthough Hermès registered its trademark in China since 1977, it had not yet registered its Chinese name 爱马仕 (Ài mǎ shì) as a trademark the Legal Evening News wrote, according to Shanghai Daily, see here. In 1995 Dafeng … Continue reading →

Posted in Chinese characters, 爱玛仕, 爱马仕, famous brand, Hermes, SAIC, TRAB, trademark in China, well-known trademark | Leave a comment

Supporting Qiaodan Brand Is Not Patriotic, But Harmful To China

Posted on February 28, 2012 by ipdragonimport

An iconic photo of Michael Jordan getting the basketball was made into a mirror-like silhouette logo, and then used with the phonetically similar name 乔丹 Qiáodān, and both the logo and name were trademarked in China without Michael Jordan’s permission. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Bai Yan Song, CCTV, CRI, Jeremy Lin, Michael Jordan, Qiaodan, reputation, trademark infringement, 乔丹 | Leave a comment

iPad, youPad, wePad? Who Is the Owner of the Trademark in China?

Posted on February 27, 2012 by ipdragonimport

iPads for sale in the Apple Store at Central, Hong Kong Photo Danny Friedmann Apple introduced a third category, in between a laptop and smartphone, on January 27, 2010 (see the late Steve Jobs give the presentation here and demonstration here and here). April … Continue reading →

Posted in Apple, Guangdong Higher People's Court, Hong Kong, iPad, Proview Electronics, Shanghai Pudong New Area Court, Shenzhen, Taiwan, trademark infringement | Leave a comment

SPC Notice: Full Exertion of IPR Adjudication Functions to Promote the Boom, Socialist Culture and Autonomous and Harmonious Development

Posted on February 18, 2012 by ipdragonimport

16 December, 2011, Supreme People’s Court of the People’s Republic of China issued the notice to fully play the role of IPR judicial functions to promote the great development and prosperity of socialist culture and the promotion of economic autonomy … Continue reading →

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China’s Influence On Non-Trade Concerns In International Economic Law

Posted on February 15, 2012 by ipdragonimport

Maastricht University, Faculty of Law Professor Paolo Farah organised with a grant from China-EU School of Law (CESL) in Beijing three conferences on China and Non-trade Issues. The first was held at the University of Turin (November 23-24, 2011), the … Continue reading →

Posted in Anselm Kamperman Sanders, China, Denise Provost, intellectual property in China, Lukasz Gruszczynski, Maastricht University, Paolo Farah, Rogier Creemers, WTO | Leave a comment

Future President China Mentions IPR First As Sino-U.S. Challenge

Posted on February 14, 2012 by ipdragonimport

Xi Jinping, Vice President of PRCprobably the next President of China in 2012 Xí Jìnpíng 习近平, China’s vice president, and probably the successor of Hu Jintao as president in 2012, wrote to the Washington Post in response to some specific questions … Continue reading →

Posted in Intellectual Property Rights in China, level playing field, transparency, U.S., Xi Jinping, 习近平 | Leave a comment

"Chinese Government Takes IP Dead Serious"

Posted on February 13, 2012 by ipdragonimport

““The government is taking IP dead seriously,” says Danny Friedmann, an IP rights consultant in China and founder of the popular blog IP Dragon. “In fact their fate is connected to it.”“ Read Melissa Maleske’s InsideCounsel article ‘China aims to … Continue reading →

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