the 85th Issue: Nokia, Apple settle patent dispute-China Intellectual Property Magazine

· Nokia, Apple settle patent dispute
HELSINKI- Finnish handset maker Nokia Corp. says it has settled an outdrawn patent dispute with Apple Inc, putting an end to "all patent litigation" between the two companies. More

· Chen Deming: China welcomes foreign investment in key areas
The 7th joint meeting of Sino-ROK Investment Cooperation Committee was held in Beijing on May 31. Chinese Minister of Commerce Chen Deming and Minister of Knowledge Economy of the Republic of Korea Choi Joong-kyung attended and addressed the meeting. More

· China's first IPR exchange opens to ease financial difficulties for SMEs

A pilot intellectual property rights (IPR) exchange opened Saturday in north China's port city of Tianjin, allowing investors to buy IPR shares and help small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to ease their financial woes. More

· Beijing grassroots procuratorate established the first-ever IP office
· Google agrees to buy on-line ad firm Admeld
· 7th China-Korea seminar on copyright kicked off in Beijing
· Protection of intellectual property rights could help China grow its own technologies and domestic brands
· Students praised for research work
· Lotus Cars to recapture trademark Lotus
· China, ROK sign pact to protect online copyright
· China's customs honored for IPR protection
· Great achievements resulted from the implementation of China's National IP Strategy
· White Paper: Nation now has much-improved protection

·A Legal Study into Packaging Design Issue 42, By Chen Jing and Jia Yan, Judges of the IP Division, the People’s Court of Xuanwu District, Beijing,[Patent]

Packaging is one of the essentials in the manufacturing and marketing of commodities. The packaging is directly concerned with the value of the commodity in market circulation. Like the trademark, the package and decoration symbolize the accumulation from the corporate culture, and works to identify the commodity. More

· Stepping up an Overhaul of the Copyright Law Issue 42, By Guo Shoukang, Professor & Doctoral Advisor, Law School, Renmin University of China,[Copyright]

The Patent Law, the Trademark Law and the Copyright Law constitute the major parts of the intellectual property (IP) law system of China. For historical reasons, the IP system and IP laws, compared to other civil law regimes, were relatively late to develop in all countries of the world. The IP system did not begin to be recognized and developed until society and technology made substantial progress. More