the 43rd Issue: SIPO Issued Key Points on Patent Examination 2010-China Intellectual Property Magazine

·SIPO Issued Key Points on Patent Examination 2010

Recently, the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) issued Key Points on Patent Examination 2010, which cleared the guidelines of patent examination work as: fully implement the scientific outlook on development; strengthen the constructions of management capacity, team and culture, basing on the social demand orientation and aiming to improve the examination efficiency and quality.More

·China High-Level Forum on Intellectual Property 2010 opened

The forum was co-hosted by SIPO, SAIC and NCA and with the sponsorship of China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT). The topic was "Developing a Balanced and Effective IP System".More

·Expo song entangled in copyright chaos
The promotion song for the Shanghai World Expo has been banned after becoming embroiled in a copyright row, according to a spokesman for the coordination bureau. The Bureau of the Shanghai World Expo, which is responsible for the preparation and organization for 2010 event, released a song marking the 30-day countdown on April 1.More

·MOC will increase IPR protection for enterprise exhibitors overseas

It is learnt on April 15 from the 107th Canton Fair that, Ministry of Commerce of the PRC (MOC) will increase efforts on IPR protection for enterprise exhibitors overseas and build a fine IPR environment for them. Director of the Department of Treaty and Law of MOC Li Ling expressed that, China has become one of the key resources for exhibitors overseas for internationally famous exhibitions.More

·Beijing: IPR law enforcement month around the corner
·IP cooperation with Southeast Asia ＇crucial＇
·Surprise filing ensnares Anhui automaker in name game
·SIPO Commissioner: China's noticeable achievements in IPR
·East China provinces vow to protect IPR during EXPO
·FDA approval opens up new markets for innovative endoscope

·National Workshop on TCM IPR Strategy held
·Week-long events mark World IP Day
·Shanghai releases "Provisions on Music Copyright Licensing"
·Beijing: Appraisal work on Invention Patent Awards launched
·Five IP Offices should build "Speedway" for patent examination
·Bejing Court Takes AUDI Trademark Rejection Claim
·Each Million Shanghai Residents Obtain 312 Invention Patents in 2009

·'Made with China' ad at Shanghai F1

China IP Articles

·REFLECTION ON GOOGLE'S DIGITAL LIBRARY Issue 35 by Kevin Nie,Zhou Yi,Sara Yan and Li Wei, China IP,[Copyright]

In 2004, when it was engrossed in the establishment of the worlds largest digital library, Google could never have expected so much opposition from the Chinese side after five years of relative silence. In the past few months, led by the previously unfamiliar China Written Works Copyright Society, Chinese writers have shown unprecedented unity: they expressed their shock for Googles infringing activities and asked Google to give an explanation. Google certainly attached great importance to the Chinese writers protest and sent representatives to negotiate with the Society and Chinese writers.More

·BT Sites Shut Down – Is Piracy Blocked or Circulated By Sara Yan, China IP,[Patent]In early December 2009, the China State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) flexed its muscles in rectifying what it described as “unlicensed” audio-visual websites in China. As of the publication of this Journal, SARFT has shut down more than 530 BitTorrent (BT) websites, including the well-known BitTorrent-based download service providers like Btchina.net, btpig.com and bbs.cnxp.com.More