the 231st Issue: Zippo injunction prevents Lorillard from selling blu eCigs in Germany-China Intellectual Property Magazine

· IQIYI Suing Youku and Claiming for One Million Yuan Triggered by the Second Season of Dad, Where are We Going?

As Youku and its PC Client broadcasted the first period of the second season of Dad, Where are We Going? and inserted a large number of advertising without authorization... More

·The Proposal of Establishing IP Courts in BSG Submitted by the Supreme People’s Court will be under Consideration

On August 18th, 2014, the twenty-seventh session of the chairman’s council of the Standing Committee of the twelfth National People’s Congress (NPC) of People’s Republic of China was held... More

News in Brief

· Rare Earth Enterprises in China Seek to Break Japanese Patent Blockade

· Denmark ratifies UPC

· Jaguar Land Rover Won Trademark Dispute

· UKIPO scores victory against fake IP offices

· Shaanxi: Company-run Western Trade Center

· Shanghai: Prison Term for Fake-brand Wine

· Hunan: Protecting Cultural Heritage

· China’s Int’l Patent Applications Jump

· Guangdong: Circuit Court for Furniture Disputes

· Guizhou: Festival Promotes Domestic Brands

China IP Articles

· IP highlights in 2013 (October-December) Issue 60, By Kevin Nie, Jessie Chen, China IP, [Comprehensive Reports]

In October, the Wenzhou Institute of Intellectual Property, the first IP institute in a higher vocational college, was co-founded by Zhejiang Industry & Trade Vocational College, Wenzhou Science & Technology Bureau (IP Office of Wenzhou), and the Administrative Committee in Wenzhou High-tech Zone... More

·Application of Article 33 of China’s Patent Law Issue 60, By Li Yue, Director of Chemical Appeals Division 1, the Patent Reexamination Board of SIPO,[Patent]

On debated issue over proper application of Article 33 of Patent Law, the article tries to compare with examination practices in other countries, comment on views of judicial decisions... More