the 159th Issue:2012 Music Copyright Protection and Industry Development Forum kicked off-China Intellectual Property Magazine

China’s National Copyright Administration (NCAC) is now seeking public opinions on the proposed Payment Methods for Use of Copyrighted Works in Textbooks, said a notice from the Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council...
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·2012 Music Copyright Protection and Industry Development Forum kicked off

"Beijing International Copyright Forum & Music Copyright Protection and Industry Development Forum 2012", the first thematic forum of 2012 Beijing Culture Expo, was held in Beijing on December 18...
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News in Brief

· Hebei: The award ceremony on the 3rd College Industrial Design Innovation Competition held in Shijiazhuang

· Guangdong reinforces patent protection at trade fairs

·Sichuan: Patent applications in the high-tech zone in Chengdu breaking 10,000

· Samsung claimed two billion KRW from LG as infringement compensation

· Patents held by Siemens totaled 57,300 globally

· Guangdong IPO and Zhaoqing IPO launched joint enforcement inspection

· Hunan subsidized patents winning China Patent Award

· China’s patent office now the world’s biggest, UN innovation report finds

· Mapping a modern IP approach

· China to crack down on

· China tells U.S. it will improve intellectual property protection

· Firms need more intellectual property protection: Gou

China IP Articles

· The ambitious Big Blue --- Interview with Leonora Hoicka, associate general counsel of IBM Issue 52, By Emily Tan, China IP Magazine,[Comprehensive Reports]

IOn October 16th, 2012, IBM announced a third-quarter 2012 diluted earnings of 3.33 U.S. dollars per share, a year-to-year increase of 4%, or 3.44 U.S. dollars per share, up 8% excluding the impact of the UK pension-related charges. Operating (non-GAAP) diluted earnings were 3.62 U.S. dollars per share, compared with operating diluted earnings of 3.28 U.S. dollars per share in the third quarter of 2011, an increase of 10%... More

· Proving obviousness? Understanding the implications of In re Cyclobenzaprine Issue 52, By Lisa Barons Pensabene, Partner at Fitzpatrick; Dennis Gregory, Associate at Fitzpatrick and Feng Xu, Associate at Fitzpatr,[Patent]

A claim of patent infringement in U.S. litigation is more often than not met by a defense of patent invalidity by "obviousness." But litigants and district courts struggled with seemingly contradictory precedents on the structure of the obviousness analysis..... More