the 18th Issue: Over 20, 000 national defense patent applications to push military innovation-China Intellectual Property Magazine

·Google library triggers global concern
Internet giant Google is facing global resistance to its plan to create a huge digital library and bookstore, and the dispute extends to China. More

·Over 20, 000 national defense patent applications to push military innovation
Recently, China's national defense patent applications have exceeded 20, 000, becoming a strong drive force for the military independent innovation and the information construction for the weaponry.More

·Frankfort Book Fair 2009 opens, China to be the Guest of Honor
On October 13, the renowned Frankfort Book Fair 2009 opened at the Frankfort Exhibition Center, and China dispatches a huge group of exhibitors as the Guest of Honor for the first time. More

·Yekalon, Unilin locked in patent case
Chinese building materials provider Yekalon Industry Inc says it will take legal action "at any cost" to defend its self-developed locking technology for laminate and wood floorings.More

·LV Settles Trademark Dispute with Dongguan Hotel
Appealing six litigations over trademark infringement before Guangdong High People's Court, Louis Vuitton (LV) eventually settled with Guangdong hotel chain Gladden Hotel and a distributor Zhao Hong.More

·Ministry of Culture: ICH doesn’t mean IP monopoly

·Same-name Trademarks Spark Strife

·Foreign enterprises banned from online game services

·Web Video Piracy War Heats up

·Murdoch: World media should "adapt and adopt" amid challenge

·Court grants Microsoft compensation for piracy

China IP Articles

·“Pirates Stole Our Vegetables!”--An Interview with Lu Chuan, “2009 Anti-piracy Image Ambassador”(Issue 31 By Zhou Yi)
During the Intellectual Property Publicity Week this year, Director Lu Chuan and the band Main Line, from the Taiwan region, were appointed by the General Administration of Press and Publication (GAPP), the National Copyright Administration (NCA) and the National Office of Anti-Pornography and Anti-Illegal Publication Campaign as “Anti-piracy Image Ambassadors”.More

·Focusing on the Judicial Interpretation on the Trial of Patent Infringement Cases
(Issue 31 By Harry Yang and Doris Li)
On June 18, 2009, the Supreme People’s Court of China issued the Interpretation on Several Law Application Issues in the Trial of Patent Infringement Cases (the draft-for-comment version). The date of issuance ran parallel to the first anniversary of the National Intellectual Property Strategy Outline of China.More