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Tag Archives: Intellectual Property Rights Protection
Information Technology in China: software industry maintained rapid growth in 2008
In spite of the impact of the international financial crisis, China's software industry has maintained a growth rate of over 20 percent since the second half of 2008, making it one of the fastest growing industries [...]
Posted in China, economics, information technology, trends Also tagged animation, Automobile Industry, Cartoon, e-commerce, education, human resources, industrial software, information technology, Intellectual Property Rights, Li Yizhong, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, online gaming, software , service industry, software industry, software market, steel, Steel Sector, Textiles 3 Comments
Intellectual Property: China formulating first middle and long-term plan for patent agency industry
The Chinese State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) released China's first Plan for the Development of Patent Agency Industry (2009-2015) in Beijing recently. The plan proposed further improving the patent agency industry legal system and establishing a management system which would combine administrative supervision and self-regulation in the industry over the next seven years [...]
Posted in China, economics Also tagged Beijing, Intellectual Property Office, Intellectual Property Rights 1 Comment
Intellectual Property: Copyright challenges are “being addressed” by China
The world's largest online community is grappling with challenges it faces in protecting intellectual property rights (IPR), says an expert. The US Congressional International Anti-Piracy Caucus on held recently listed China as one of the world's five-worst offenders in violating copyright [...]
Posted in China Also tagged advertising, canada, Chinese Government, Copyright Infringement, Copyrights And Trademarks, entertainment, Intellectual Property Rights, Intellectual Property Violations, internet, Internet Piracy, Mexico, online community, online population, Renmin University, Russia, search engine, Spain, United States, United States Senate, World Trade Organization Comments closed
Intellectual Property: Survey shows public awareness of IPR low in China
Results of a recent survey show that while Beijing and Guangdong residents have a reasonably high awareness of the issues surrounding intellectual property rights (IPR), the majority of their fellow countrymen know little about the question [...]
Posted in China, economics Also tagged age group, Beijing, Chinese People, Guangdong, Hong Kong, income, Intellectual Property Office, Intellectual Property Rights, Macau, taiwan, Tsinghua University 3 Comments
Intellectual Property: Canada joins China, Russia in US list of top IP scofflaws
The usual suspects have shown up once again on the US Trade Representative's annual Special 301 report on nations that need to step up their game when it comes to enforcing intellectual property rights. But this year, the USTR elevated Canada to the same level as China and Russia, which has some critics incredulous towards the US' motives [...]
Intellectual Property: China’s supreme court publishes IP rights protection guidelines
China's Supreme People's Court has urged lower courts to deprive intellectual property rights (IPR) violators of their ability to continue infringements. In its new guidelines published recently on the implementation of China's strategy for IPR protection, the court urges protection of the legal rights of victims [...]
Posted in China Also tagged Infringement Cases, Intellectual Property Laws, Intellectual Property Rights, Intellectual Property Violations, Patents 1 Comment
Intellectual Property: “China to strengthen protection of intellectual property rights”, says Wen Jiabao
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said recently that the Chinese government would increase efforts to protect intellectual property rights (IPR). Wen was speaking in a meeting with Francis Gurry, director-general of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) [...]
Intellectual Property: patent applications rise in Shanghai
Despite the global financial crisis, patent applications were up last year, officials said recently. A total of 52,835 patents were applied for in Shanghai last year, up 11.9 percent from the previous year. Of the total, 17,829 were for new inventions, 17.2 percent more than in 2007 [...]
Posted in China Also tagged Financial Crisis, Intellectual Property Rights, Intellectual Property Violations, Invention, Inventions, Patents, Shanghai Leave a comment
Intellectual Property: China to strengthen IPR protection
Chinese government will work to strengthen intellectual property rights (IPR) protection, China's Vice Premier Wu Yi said on a national conference for directors of intellectual property offices recently. China has made progress in the past 30 years in IPR protection, represented by the growing number and quality of IPRs which have been widely and effectively applied to practical production, Wu said...
Posted in China, innovation Also tagged Amendments, Beijing, Chinese Government, Counterfeit Goods, Europe, european union, Hubei, Intellectual Property Rights, Wuhan 1 Comment

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