the 186th Issue: Court hands down milestone ruling on trade secrets-China Intellectual Property Magazine

·China to lower government admin fees

China will lower administrative fees charged by 14 government departments, effective from October 1 this year, the country’s top economic planner announced on Tuesday... More

·SPP calls for cooperation on IPR cases

National prosecutors have charged 3,805 suspects with infringements of intellectual property rights in 2,253 cases between January to June, according to the Supreme People’s Procuratorate last week... More

News in Brief

· Survey on Global IP Firms of China-related Business 2013

· China IP Magazine WeChat

· Rare earth alliance to fight Japan’s patent barrier

· Sany stranded overseas

· P&G Failed in First-instance Trademark Dispute of "伊卡璐"

· Prada Prevails in a Trademark Case

· US orders import ban on Samsung mobile devices

· China wants to strengthen cooperation with Sweden on copyright protection

· LED companies join forces in fight to light up industry

· Scientists invent device for safer cancer therapy

China IP Articles

· IP creations Issue 55, By China IP,[Comprehensive Reports]

US students create electricity-generating shoes
Four US students have developed shoes that extract energy with every step to power portable electronics and, perhaps someday, life-preserving medical devices. The “PediPower” shoes they designed can deliver 400 milliwatts of energy through wires that connect the shoes to a belt-mounted battery pack.... More

· News in brief Issue 55, By China IP,[Comprehensive Reports]

[Government]
Lawsuits involving overseas parties surge in Shanghai
The number of intellectual property rights lawsuits that involve an overseas party saw a major spike in Shanghai last year amid an even higher increase in the overall number of IP-related cases... More