the 24th Issue: China, Europe and USA discuss copyright protection-China Intellectual Property Magazine

·China, Europe and USA discuss copyright protection

On November 18 and 19, the National Copyright Bureau convened an international symposium on copyright protection trend in Wuhan, aiming to elevate China's copyright lawmaking level, intensify copyright protection and promote international exchange and cooperation.More

·Official backs writers in fighting Google books scanning
Internet search juggernaut Google has probably breached copyright laws by scanning Chinese books for its online library, a Chinese newspaper quoted a government official as saying. "I personally think Google is probably involved in copyright infringement," said Wang Ziqiang, a director-general of the National Copyright Administration, according to the Beijing News.More

·China's achievements in anti-counterfeiting receive international acknowledgement

Recently, 2009 Symposium on IPR in National Foreign Capital Institutions, organized by State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO), was held in Chongqing. Related principal expressed at the symposium that China is much more decisive than ever in protecting intellectual property rights (IPR) and reinforces greatly corresponding law enforcement.More

·Organizer emphasizes Expo emblem IPR protection
The Expo 2010 organizer emphasized the protection of the intellectual property rights of Expo emblems during a press conference in Shanghai on November 20.Since the regulation of the Expo emblem IPR protection went into effect in October, 2004, all levels of Administration for Industry & Commerce have spared no efforts to protect the IPR of Expo emblems, said Zhao Gang,More

·SIPO Vice Director: IPR becomes one of the focuses in global competitiveness
·Corma Inc.'s Patent Infringement Suits in Shanghai: Are about to Come to the End
·China to heavily combat online distribution of pirates
·Chip Makers Reach Another Court Settlement
·Broadcasters must pay copyright royalties
·Google pledges only booklist in copyright row
·Customs captures 207 million suspected items in first 3 quarters
·SIPO Commissioner meets with IBM Vice President
·Intellectual Property Offices accept 707 patent infringing case

China IP Articles

·Patent Protection – An Eternal Topic of R&D-Oriented Drug Companies. issue 32By Doris Li, Photo by Zhou Yi, China IP,[Comprehensive Reports]
On August 20, 2004, Sanofi-Aventis Group was founded. Calculated by time, this group should be regarded as a “new” business. However, no one dared to overlook this merger considering the background of the two giant companies. After the “phoenix nirvana”, the two international businesses now target the huge international market of drug industry.More

·“Power” of Copyright, Lv Wensheng’s Strategy for Video Websites Issue 32 By Yi Wenhui and Dr. Saskia Eschmann,[Trademark]
Lv Wensheng, Board Chairman of JOY.CN Corporation Limited, was under great pressure during the past few years not only from the investors but from this industry. As policy maker of an online video website, he has been insisting on purchasing authentic videos ever since 2006, when he started www.joy.cn, without using a single piece of pirated material. People around him didn’t understand. “It is really hard to explain the idea to investors or my company staff, especially the latter.” More