CIPEX 2011


China IP Express 343 (December 2011)
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December 2011
Trade Mark
Damages of 0.2 Million Yuan awarded against Zhejiang Nikon
Patent
Hong Yuan wins six-year patent battle
Copyright
Wireless game developers sue Baidu for infringement
Unfair Competition
AMSC claims 400 Million US$ in damages against Sinovel
 
 
China IP Express 342 (October 2011)
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October 2011
Trade Mark
Remy Martin takes action to protect its well known mark
Patent
Intellectual Ventures brings patent infringement proceedings against Motorola Mobility
Copyright
Writers Activist Alliance sues APP stores for infringement
Domain names
Google applies for arbitration in relation to 42 domain names
 
 
China IP Express 341 (August 2011)
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August 2011
Trade Mark
210 million RMB damages claim in trade mark infringement action against Castel
Beijing Court rejects Swarovski’s appeal against TRAB decision
Patent
Foreign pharmaceutical companies looking to Chinese market on expiry of major drug patents
Copyright
FPCPU to work with Taobao to fight copyright infringement and piracy
Hong Kong
Recent claim against Hong Kong Customs
 
 
China IP Express 340 (July 2011)
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July 2011
Trade Mark
Freudenberg Group wins an important trade mark infringement case
Copyright
Work on the third amendment of China's Copyright Law has begun
The original judgment in Founder vs. P&G upheld
Patent
China responds to the allegation that its High Speed Rail infringes IP belonging to Japan's Shinkansen
IP General
2006-2010 White Paper on Intellectual Property cases involving foreign parties published by Shanghai Second Intermediate People's Court (Summary)
 
 
China IP Express 339 (June 2011)
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June 2011
Copyright
 Dispute involving online distribution of copyright works: Encyclopedia of China Publishing House v. Apple
Practical application of CPCC’s Digital Copyright Identifier
Trade Marks
Lotus may face a trade mark battle after changing its Chinese name
Patent
The ‘patent war’ between Ericsson, ZTE and Huawei
Domain Name
Prior third party registrations expose weaknesses in Chinese sports industry practice
 
 
China IP Express 338 (May 2011)
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May 2011
Trade Marks
Puma settles with a Chinese shop owner in Jiangsu Province
Domain Name
JACK&JONES awarded RMB 1.9 Million Yuan (approx. US$300,000) in domain name dispute
Copyright
Software piracy rate drops to 12% in 2010
IP General
China Customs seizes more pirated goods being sold online
The Supreme People's Court publishes top ten IPR cases
 
China IP Express 337
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April 2011
Trade Marks
China has second highest growth rate for international trade mark registrations
Patent
ZTE files patent invalidation action in China in response to Ericsson's patent litigation in Europe
SIPO report: domestic valid invention patents grow to 45.7% of the total in 2010
IP General
Chinese Customs and Cultural authorities report significant results from national IPR campaign
China arrests 3,170 suspects over IPR violations
 
China IP Express 336
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March 2011
Trade Marks
AIC investigates 30,000 cases involving well-known trade marks
Copyright
China’s state organs spend RMB 41.43 million (approx. US$6.3m) on genuine software
Patents
China's foreign filings maintained stable and rapid growth in 2010
IP General
Newly passed Criminal Law Amendment (VIII) abolishes threshold for action in relation to counterfeit drugs
The People’s Republic of China passes Law on Intangible Cultural Heritage
Hong Kong
Hong Kong to re-assess patent system
 
China IP Express 335
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February 2011
Trade Mark
BDF awarded RMB 500,000 in NIVEA trade mark infringement proceedings
Copyright
China’s software registrations exceed 80,000 in 2010
Patent
China ranks as the No. 4 PCT applicant in the world
GIs
1,170 products protected by GIs in China
IP General
Opinions on applicable laws for IPR criminal cases
 
China IP Express 334
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December 2010 & January 2011
Trade Mark
Daimler trade mark dispute comes to an end after 11 years Anti-unfair competition
Baidu defeats ‘360’ in an unfair competition dispute
Copyright
Microsoft settles with a local Chinese internet café
Shutting Windows on web piracies
Patents
China investigates 233 patent infringement cases since launch of national IPR protection campaign
China patent filings reached over one million in 2010
IP General
China Customs seizes infringing products worth US$ 38 million in 2010
Supreme People’s Court publishes Circular on criminal sanctions and details of ‘typical’ IPR cases
China prosecutes 4,328 people for violating intellectual property rights
500 criminal intellectual property right cases were concluded in the first half of 2010