the 30th Issue: Hanwang sells i-phone trademark to Apple for unknown sum-China Intellectual Property Magazine

A US based software producer yesterday filed a $2.2 billion lawsuit against the Chinese government, two Chinese software markers and seven major computer manufacturers for their distribution of the Internet filtering software "Green Dam Youth Escort" - which the company claims is pirated from a similar product it makes.More

·Comb maker brushes up brand image
Carpenter Tan vows to add 200 stores, 30 high-end outlets in 10 Carpenter Tan Handicrafts Co, China's largest comb maker, is planning to invest big to enhance its brand and expand its national network this year to become one of the world's leading comb producers, Tan Chuanhua, founder and chairman of the Hong Kong-listed company, said yesterday.More

·Hanwang sells i-phone trademark to Apple for unknown sum
Beijing company Hanwang Technology has transferred ownership of its "i-phone" trademark to Apple. The news was disclosed on Monday by PC World, a technology news website based in the United States, which reported that Apple had resolved its iPhone trademark conflict in China.More

·Hengyyuanxiang charged for trademark infringement

It is learnt days ago that, the exclusive right owner for the figurative mark for the "羊 (Chinese character for goat)" Yu Wenqing sued Hengyuanxiang Group in Beijing No.2 Intermediate People's Court and claimed for over 10 million yuan's compensation, and reported the case to departments for industry and commerce in Beijing, Jiangsu and other places at the same time.More

·RealPlayer Prevails in Copyright Assertion

·Five IP offices’ website launched
·China deals with 200,000 counterfeit cases in 2009
·Application of Hangzhou City Logo go wider
·War for auto logo ends
·SAIC boosts wholly owned brands
·5 bln RMB in contracts at animation expo
·Science, technology key to China's economic development, Premier Wen
·3D Avatar fails to deter piracy
·Search report inquiry service lauched by SIPO
·All-out Patent War between Chemical Firms with 180M Yuan at Stake
·Google to meet with Chinese authors

China IP Articles

·HP: Focus on Result, Not Figures By Doris Li, China IP,[Comprehensive Reports]
In 1939, in a small garage located at No.367 of Addison Avenue of Palo Alto, California, two young professionals, Dr. William Hewlett and Dr. David Packard, with enthusiasm and vision, created the Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP, as we all know) beginning their incredible journey to nearby Silicon Valley and creating an equation: doctors + garage = HP. Sixty years later, HP has grown from a USD 4,000 a year fledgling operation into the world’s largest technology corporation, with sales of USD 104.2 billion, annua1ly.More

·Room for IP Protection Improvement—An interview with Zhao Jiaxiang By Liu Rong,[Trademark]
For an in-depth analysis of the IP disputes between the Sichuan Baijia Food Co., Ltd. and Baixiang Food Co., Ltd., we interviewed Mr. Zhao Jiaxiang, former director of SIPO’s Design Patent Reconsideration Section, as he reviews an examination by the Patent Reexamination Board (PRB) of SIPO regarding a typical invalidation case involving two design patents belonging to the Baijia Company, and comments on the conflict between the two similarly named companies.More