Category Archives: Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People’s Court

Chinese Car Wars

Posted on March 10, 2011 by ipdragonimport

Carmaker Land Rover (which India’s Tata acquired from Ford) is suing Chinese carmaker Geely of Hangzhou (which acquired Volvo from Ford) for registering its Chinese characters “Lu Hu” in China. Land Rover says it used the characters for its “Land … Continue reading →

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Three Main Problem Categories To Foreign Related IPR Litigation in China

Posted on December 13, 2010 by ipdragonimport

The President Assistant of the Civil Fifth Court, part of the Beijing Municipal Intermediate People’s Court Number 1, Yi Jun gave his view on what are the most important foreign-related IPR ligitation problems. The President Assistant distinguishes three categories of … Continue reading →

Posted in Administrative Procedure Law, authentication, authorisaton, Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court, Civil Prodedure Law, IP litigation | 3 Comments

IPR Jurisdiction: Third Civil Division of Haining Municipal People’s Court Specialises in Copyright and Trademark Disputes

Posted on February 3, 2010 by ipdragonimport

Haining Municipal People’s Court in Zhejiang Province set up the Third Civil Division, specializing the trial of civil cases concerning copyright disputes, trademark disputes and other related types of intellectual property rights disputes. Read the article here. First instance IP … Continue reading →

Posted in Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court, copyright, Haining Municipal People's Court, IP Tribunal, jurisdiction, patent, trademark, Zhejiang | Leave a comment

Zhongyi Electronics to Microsoft: "See you in Court"

Posted on January 23, 2008 by ipdragonimport

According to MarketWatch (head tip to China Economic Review) Microsoft is sued by Zhongyi Electronics for alleged copyright infringement for its Chinese character input method editor that Microsoft applies in Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000 and Windows XP operating … Continue reading →

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Did Schneider Electric Infringed Its Own French Patent In China?

Posted on October 5, 2007 by ipdragonimport

These days a high voltage commercial dispute is raging in the transnational low voltage products industry about a utility model, (which falls under the Patent Law, see article 2). What happened? Saturday, September 29, the Wenzhou Intermediate People’s Court ruled … Continue reading →

Posted in Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court, Chint Group, record compensation, Schneider Electric, SIPO, Star Electric Equipment, Wenzhou Intermediate People's Court | Leave a comment

Santa Barbara Polo and Racquet Club Too Similar to Beverly Hills Polo Club for a Trademark

Posted on February 2, 2007 by ipdragonimport

Beijing Nr. 1 Intermediate People’s Court confirmed the rejection of the Trade Review and Adjudication Board (TRAB) of the application of Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club for a trademark. “[A]lthough the two trademarks had slight differences in English words, … Continue reading →

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IPR: Overseas Parties Have 60 percent Success Rate at Beijing No.1 Intemediate People’s Court

Posted on January 19, 2007 by ipdragonimport

Xie Chuanjiao of China Daily wrote the article International laws applied in local IPR cases, read here. Nothing new really, China has this obligation already since April 12, 1986 when it adopted its General Principles of Civil Law . When … Continue reading →

Posted in Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court, General Principles of Civil Law, Jiang Zhipei, statistics, TRIPs, Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties | Leave a comment

FA Premier League Against Trademark Infringers 1:0

Posted on December 29, 2006 by ipdragonimport

Sarah Butler reported for the Times Online about two rulings by the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People’s Court: The English FA (football association, nowadays called after their sponsor: Barclays) Premier League was victorious in a trademark dispute with Xiangshi Celebration … Continue reading →

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Pfizer Accuses Guangzhou Welman Of Copyright Infringement

Posted on November 21, 2006 by ipdragonimport

Pfizer sued Guangzhou Welman for alleged copyright infringement of Viagra reports Forbes. I wonder why Pfizer’s allegations focused on copyright infringement instead of patent infringement, or both. Or is copyright used mistakingly as the prototype of an intellectual property? Read … Continue reading →

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Baidu Acquitted Of Charges By HK Music Companies Of Copyright Infringements

Posted on November 20, 2006 by ipdragonimport

In September seven Hong Kong music companies brought against Baidu, the largest search engine of China, a copyright infringement lawsuit. Beijing No.1 Intermediate People’s Court ruled that the accusations did not have adequate legal support. The seven companies were:Universal Music … Continue reading →

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