the 32nd Issue: China amends rules over domestic inventions for foreign patents-China Intellectual Property Magazine

·Leading websites promise to fend off piracy

A total of 101 websites signed a declaration yesterday promising to facilitate the protection of Internet-related intellectual property rights amid the country's stepped-up efforts to curb widespread piracy. In the declaration, these websites vowed to "insist on the principle of acquiring copyrights before release, not spreading non-licensed works and "adopting necessary techniques to prevent users from uploading films and TV programs that are being publicly screened or broadcast.More

·Press conference on "special campaign against online pirates" held
General Administration of Press and Publication held "2009 press conference on special campaign" on January 20, Director of Copyright Management Division of State Copyright Office Wang Zhicheng introduced the situation of "Special Campaign against Online Pirates", and informed the achievements of the special campaign.More

·Learning-minded policy key for China's innovation success: U.S. banker

BEIJING, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- The strategy adopted by the Communist Party of China (CPC) to build a learning-minded party iskey for success in innovation, which will help the country produce value-added products and advance beyond being the low-cost producer, said Robert Kuhn, an international investment banker and author of a series of books about China.More

·China amends rules over domestic inventions for foreign patents
BEIJING: An amendment to the implementation rules of the Patent Law, made public Monday, detailed the procedure of government scrutiny over domestic inventions before they are submitted for foreign patent application. The rules were amended to be in line with the latest amendment to the Patent Law, said a statement from the State Council Legislative Affairs Office.More

·SIPO and MIIT to push SME IPR Strategy

·Beijing: work key points of Zhoguangcun National IP System Demo Park released
·Bosch Trademark Registration for Auto Service Denied
·Silk Street fake goods retailer claims he was management's puppet
·Beijing captures 1.1 million illegal books in 2009
·3 projects for railway get '09 National Science and Technology Progress

·Hu calls for innovation during Shanghai tour
·China registers and examines 771 Geographical Indications
·Shanghai Police nab fake bag, watch and DVD
·5 significant cases for Heilongjiang's anti-piracy and pornography in 2009

China IP Articles

·“The Development of Copyright Collective Management Is Out of My Expectation”
Issue 34 By Zhou Yi, China IP,[Copyright]
Since March 1 of 2005 when the Collective Management of Copyright Regulations formally came into force, registrations of copyright collective management organizations created an upsurge, and approvals were given almost unanimously in 2008 and 2009 by the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Then in 2009, these newly emerged organizations whipped up an IPR protection storm. Over a short span of four years, we have seen how these Regulations are working in the development of copyright collective management organizations in China.More

·Watered-down Administration of Trademark Agency Issue 34 Issue 34 By Zhou Yi, China IP,[Trademark]
“Trademark agents refer to the practicing staff in trademark agency organizations,” while “trademark agencies refer to legal service agencies that accept entrustment of clients and handle application for registration of trademarks or other matters related to trademarks in the name of the clients.”These two concise definitions are quoted from Measures for Administration of Trademark Agency, which formally came into force on November 11, 2009.More