Posted by: Eyval Aldema in politics, China on
Jun 01, 2008
Many internet based companies cooperate with the Chinese government in its efforts to limit the freedoms of the Chinese citizens.
Lately, EPIC, a US based civil rights organization, published that Cisco will be questioned by a senate subcommittee about an internal document that links Cisco with the Chinese governments' internet censorship policy.
In a interview for blogger Rebecca Mackinnon, confirm Terry Alberstein, director of corporate affairs, Cisco systems, that Cisco pamphlets promoting police surveillance equipment to the Chinese public security bureau were authentic and that Cisco does make business with the Chinese government but that all the equipment that is sold is legal and is not actually prohibited under the US Foreign relation authorization ACT.
I guess making money by
Posted by: ifat ara in China on
Apr 27, 2008
In two different cases a Courthouse in China ruled in favor of two big Italian corporations: the famous prestige brand manufacturer "Gucci" and the confectionery producer, "Ferrero Rocher", and set a high fine on two local Chinese manufactures that copied some of the products those companies manufacture.
Ferrero Rocher spokesman, Alessandro Cagli, said to the china daily that this is an encouraging step and that they will inspect the enforcement of this decision closely.
In a country where cheap imitations can be found almost anywhere, the importance of those rulings becomes even more significant to IP owners.
This is another step China takes as part of its continuing progress trying to level up with the rest of the world in the field of IP protection.
Such decisions are certainly
Anti-counterfeiting Action in China - Customs Enforcement
China Customs is capable of conducting enforcement against counterfeit goods using a registered trademark or an unregistered well-known trademark entering or leaving China.
According to the Regulations of Customs Protection for Intellectual Property Rights and its Implementing Methods, border measures for protecting intellectual property rights include the following actions: detention of suspected infringing goods, investigation of infringement, punishment of the exporter and importer of the infringing goods, and confiscation and disposition of the infringing goods.
There are two forms of customs enforcement, each of which involve a different procedure: (i) enforcement through application and (ii) enforcement ex officio.
Ex
Posted by: Eyval Aldema in cyberlaw, China on
Feb 03, 2008
A Chinese court has found a man guilty of stealing online game identities and using them to gain virtual possessions in an online multiplayer historical quest game.
The growing number of virtual property disputes in china has led to a call to legislate more concrete virtual property laws. The need for proper virtual property laws has also arised because of the Chinese government intention to create a massive virtual world network in order to promote Chinese businesses in the real world and to attract foreign corporations to china.
The Chinese government's growing awareness of the need to protect virtual property rights is part of a Chinese revival in the area of protection of intellectual property rights, that has started in the legislation
Posted by: Zeev Fisher in Statistics, Patents, China on
Jan 31, 2008
According to recently issued statistics by the State Intellectual Property Office of China, 694,153 inventions, utility models and designs were filed in China during 2007, an increase of 21% over 2006 and a new record.
586,734 applications were from Chinese applicants, and 107,319 from non-Chinese applicants, with Japan leading with 38,118 applications, and the USA second.
Granted patents reached 351,782, an increase of 31%.
Are you Chivas?
Scotch whisky v.s. Chinese sofa
Have you ever tried the aromatic Chivas Regal 12 in a cozy Chivas sofa? If not, come to China to experience such real "Chivas Life", which the Chivas brothers would never enjoy at all, because it is an embarrassing IP crisis and nightmare that Chivas brothers could not possibly face with gentlemen's calm and courtesy.
Background of the two trademarks
On Oct. 22, 1996, Chivas Brothers (Americas) Limited filed trademark applications in China for "???" (No. 1122912) and "???" (No. 1122913), the simple version and the complicated version of the Chinese equivalent of "Chivas", in Class 33 (Alcoholic Beverages, except beer), which were both registered on Oct. 28, 1997, and are still valid now.
On May 31, 1993, Man Wan Industrial
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