Tag Archives: Intellectual Property Violations

Design in China: A “Chinese iPad” arrived before Apple’s iPad?

While Apple iPad tablet has just been unveiled in the U.S., a product of similar appearance strangely there for six months now on the Chinese market.The resemblance has prompted local websites, including Shanzhai.com, technology blog dedicated to Chinese copies, with irony on the turn made by domestic manufacturers now able to clone a product before it has been revealed.Its manufacturer is surprised: "Why Apple did the same thing as us?" [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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Intellectual Property: Shanghai takes action over Trademarks

Shanghai trademark watchdogs have investigated 3,032 trademark violation cases involving 99.72 million yuan (US$13.66 million) worth of goods since the city's working plan for intellectual property protection was enacted two years ago: officials have paid special attention to small commodities markets, promotion sales of international brands, and stores in hotels [...]
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Study finds data security in China below world average

China lags behind global levels of information security and the gap is in the policy environment and business awareness - not in technology, PricewaterhouseCoopers said yesterday in Shanghai. Chinese firms lack protection of privacy, intellectual property and internal control, according to the fifth annual Global State of Information Security Study 2007 jointly conducted by PWC, CIO Magazine and CSO Magazine...
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