the 36th Issue:2010 Shanghai IPR Week: Innovation and IPR make Expo Shanghai 2010 More Wonderful-China Intellectual Property Magazine

·China to step up protection on GI
It is already 25 years since China has begun work on registration, operation, and protection of GI after joining the Paris Convention in 1985. By the end of 2009, State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) had approved 749,800 trademarks for agriculture products, approved and preliminarily approved 771 GIs.More

·Record filings still 'not powerful'

Beijing - Despite the global economic downturn, the number of trademark applications and approved registrations set all-time records in China last year to rank No 1 worldwide. By the end of 2009, more than 7.2 million applications and nearly 4.3 million approvals had been filed or registered over a period of three decades, with last year's 830,000 applications surpassing the previous record of 766,000 in 2006.More

·2010 Shanghai IPR Week: Innovation and IPR make Expo Shanghai 2010 More Wonderful

On March 1, Shanghai Intellectual Property Joint Conference Office issued a notice on carrying out 2010 Shanghai IPR Publicity Week, which confirms the theme of this year's Shanghai IPR Publicity Week is “Innovation and IPR make Expo Shanghai 2010 More Wonderful."More

·Huawei ranks 5th in the world's most innovative companies
Famous American business media Fast Company has appraised the most innovative companies in 2010, Huawei ranked fifth following Facebook, Amazon, Apple, and google, and it is also the only new ranked business in the top five companies.More

·IPR2 Roadmap for IP Protection series now on CD
·Cases investigated by Guangzhou Customs increased by two times
·Chinese made seaplanes to be exported to UAE
·Ethnic art gathering in Beijing
·Father of fiber optics honored in HK Science Park ceremony
·Garment makers lock horns over ancient goat symbol
·Emblem for China National Games applied for patent registration
·Copyright Law amendament approved in NPC session

·Shanghai IP Service Hotline accepts consultation during World Expo Shanghai 2010
·Chinese Customs Seizes 40 Million Infringing Cargos in 2009
·SPC Adjusts Jurisdiction over IPR Civil Cases

China IP Articles

·Practical Skills for Corporate Patent Search Issue 34 By An Ying,[Patent]
Patents can be either a source of market competition, or cause for litigation. However, many patentees rush into patent applications without fully understanding the state of technology. As a result, they find their own patent shield vulnerable all too often when confronting competitors as they still do not realize the importance of a patent search. The prior arts, in patent jargon, is a sea of information, which refers to all technologies, known to the public at home and abroad before the application date, including all of the published information, foreign or domestic, public use, or public information otherwise.More

·IP Acquisition in Overseas M&A by Chinese Automakers Issue 34 By Wang Zhengzhi,[Comprehensive Reports]
The financial crisis dealt a heavy blow to the auto market.
According to statistics, last year’s auto sales from the big three US automakers dropped 20%~30%, while in Europe, the auto output of BMW AG, Daimler AG and Renault S.A. fell 2.8%~4.3%. General Motors, Ford and Chrysler slipped 22%, 20% and 30% respectively. However, sales volume in December, of 2008 for General Motors and Ford witnessed a 32% fall on average in their auto sales volume, while Chrysler was less than half that during the same month of the previous year.More