Category Archives: Jiangsu

You Want To See The Arc de Triomphe? Come To Huaxi Village

If you are Chinese it is not so easy to get a visa to travel to some countries around the world. I suggest that the U.S. and the countries within the European Union might want to revise their policy, since … Continue reading

Posted in architecture, Huaxi village, Jiangsu, model socialist village, replica, Wen Renbao, 华西村 | Leave a comment

China’s Exports Moved Up the Value Ladder, EIU Report Underlines Dragons at the Door Thesis

Exports no longer only from coastal provincesPhoto:  Danny Friedmann ‘Heavy duty, China’s next wave of exports‘, is a insightful concise report (17 pages) from the Economist Intelligence Unit. It sheds light how the Chinese equipment manufacturing industry is climbing the … Continue reading

Posted in Changsha, Dragons at your Door, Economic Intelligence Unit, Hunan, Jiangsu, OECD, Professor Ming Zeng, Professor Peter Williamson, Sany, Sunward, Xugong, Xuzhou, Zoomlion | Leave a comment

CNTV (CCTV) Sues China Telecom For Copyright Infringement

Geng Wenxin of Global Times, a state owned news organisation, reports about CNTV (China Network Television) part of CCTV (China Central Television) suing two provincial branches of China Telecom for using its copyrighted content without permission. China Telecom at the … Continue reading

Posted in CCTV, China Telecom, copyright infringement, Guangdong, Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court, Jiangsu, Nanjing Intermediate People's Court, television | Leave a comment

Changzhou Global Animation Joyland Clones Offline Version Of Activision Blizzard’s World of Warcraft/Starcraft

The world’s first game themed entertainment park is Global Animation Joyland, in Changzhou, Jiangsu province. It cloned the American game producer Activision Blizzard’s World of Warcraft (WoW) into “Terrain of Magic” and Activision Blizzard’s StarCraft into “Universe of Starship” designs … Continue reading

Posted in Activision Blizzard, Changzhou, Global Animation Joyland, Jiangsu, Mr David Kappos, StarCraft, USPTO, World of Warcraft | Leave a comment

If Central Government Is Not Omnipotent Deal Directly With Provinces: USPTO Jiangsu MOU

As the last article underlines, see here, the central government of Beijing is not all powerful in China. So it makes a lot of sense that the US Patent and Trademark Office went to Jiangsu, the important coastal province to … Continue reading

Posted in cooperation, Jiangsu, MOU, Mr David Kappos, USPTO, 江苏 | Leave a comment

What is so special about Special 301 vis-à-vis China? Part III

Previous parts can be seen here: Part I, Part II. So what does the report say about China? On the positive side: An increase in the number of civil IP cases in the courts (would be nice if the report … Continue reading

Posted in DSB, JCCT, Jiangsu, NCA, Shanghai, Special 301 Report, Zhejiang | Leave a comment

More Brooms Sweep Cleaner: Expansion of IPR Tribunals in China

Xie Chuanjiao of the China Daily wrote about the increasing number of IPR court cases and the pilot project of specialised IPR courts in cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shandong and Fujian (nine intermediate people’s courts and … Continue reading

Posted in Beijing, Fujian, Guangdong, IPR tribunals, Jiangsu, Shandong, Supreme People's Court, Xie Chuanjiao, Zhejiang | Leave a comment

Beijing, Guangzhou, Jiangsu and Zhejiang IP Litigation Data

Mr Will Lewis, an international business law and IP rights student at University of San Diego School of Law, tells on his blog Experience not logic that he was given a slew of data on IP litigation between domestic parties … Continue reading

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2007 Special 301 Report Presents Special Provincial Review of China

It’s that time of the year again. The USTR’s presents its annual Special 301 Report. Which countries have protected and enforced their IPR adequately and effectively and which have not. The risers, the fallers and the usual suspects, such as … Continue reading

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