the 47th Issue: Chinese domain name to be in use in July-China Intellectual Property Magazine

IP Focus

·Chinese domain name to be in use in July

From July on, Chinese domain name (.中国) will be included in the global root name system, and all the netizens around the world could visit the website by typing Chinese domain name. However, it is recently found by reporters that the Chinese domain names for some famous enterprises in Quanzhou, Fujian Province have been cybersquatted.More

·Hubei chemical firm sues over trademark loss
Hubei Xiangyun (Group) Chemical Co, a large-scale chemical enterprise located in Central China's Hubei province, recently filed a lawsuit in Beijing No 1 Intermediate Court against the Trademark Appeal Board of the State Administration for Industry & Commerce (SAIC) after the authority abandoned the company's fertilizer trademark, which had been registered and used for over 10 years.More

·SIPO Deputy Director Visited Australia and New Zealand IP Offices
Recently, SIPO Deputy Director Yang Tiejun led a delegation to Australia and New Zealand by the invitations of IP Australia and the Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand. In Australia, Yang Tiejun had talks with the IP　Australian Chief Information Officer David Johnson. During the talks, both sides introduced their latest development and progress made in informatization.More

IP Local
·China deploys subsidy work for foreign patent applications

·Director General of INPI visits Sichuan
·SIPO and PRV sign memorandum of understanding
·China official: stronger copyright protection needed
·Feng shui considered for heritage
·New trend on IP protection appears in Shanghai Expo
·Beijing digital publication alliance established
·China's patent examination work affirmed

·New zone attracts high-tech and innovative companies
·China lowers the threshold for the filing of IPR criminal cases
·SIPO survey shows patent examination quality improve

IP International

·New Law on Geographical Indications in Serbia Explained

·Western Balkan Countries Entry into the EU
·U.S. Removes Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland from IP Watch List, Condemns Russia for Weak IP Protection
·Polish Court Dismisses Vegeta Suit Against Hungarian Spice Producer

·First Cyrillic Domain Launched in Russia

China IP Articles
·“Limited Expression” in Copyright Infringement Dispute Issue 35 By Liu Yue,[Copyright]

Copyright protects the expression of ideas, not the ideas themselves. Hence, in disputes involving copyright infringement, it is generally held that in pursuance of the principle of “access” and “substantial similarity,” there exists copyright infringement if the expressions of both parties are identical or similar. However, this principle shall not apply where there is only “a limited number of ways that an idea can be expressed” (“limited expression”), in order to conform to the legislative intent of the copyright law of protecting and encouraging the scientific and technological progress as well as promoting cultural development.More

·Shanda Literature: Making Money from Copyright Issue 35 By Anne Zhang,[Copyright]

“Copyright production is much like planting orchard. We should give it the best soil and the highest quality fertilizer, and then we will get a very good harvest. In the meantime, we should guard our fruits and find various channels to sell them.” Four months after meeting with Chen Tianqiao, Hou Xiaoqing changed from Sina’s Deputy Editor-in-Chief to the CEO of Shanta Literature.More