In 2019, the Intellectual Property Court of the Supreme People’s Court was founded. Each year the IP Court of the SPC provides an annual report.
“In 2022, 457 new cases involving foreign parties, or Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan parties were received, accounting for 10.4% of the newcases, representing a year-on-year increase of 4.6%.”
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Algorithmic Dissuasion: De-ranking Possible Copyright Infringing Content into Relative Oblivion
You can read my article Algorithmic Dissuasion here or watch the presentation video, here; as well as Prof LIU Xiaochun’s here, followed by the Q&A for us both, held at the Workshop on China’s Algorithmic Recommendation Regulation (25-26 March 2023 at Peking University School of Transnational Law in Shenzhen) organized by my colleague…
Tencent’s animal universe: more and more animal-name-related trademarks registered by Tencent
A new milestone in China’s trademark legal practice: the de-trademarking of qianye tofu (千页豆腐)
IP Dragon’s Roar of February
Welcome to IP Dragon’s Monthly Roar, your roundup of IP news in China. Written by IP Dragon’s brand new reporter “IP Lion”. In this IP Dragon’s Roar, Dragon Nest prevails over Shadow of Dragon in an “iconic” case, streaming hijacking at the Olympics, and Luckin Coffee’s trademark registration to connect to Generation Z.
Mind your…
IP Dragon’s Roar of January
Welcome to IP Dragon’s Monthly Roar, your roundup of IP news in China. Written by IP Dragon’s brand new reporter “IP Lion”. In this IP Dragon’s Roar, Tsuburaya prevails in Shanghai IP Court, Green Sichuan Pepper was held generic, minors used as boosters of King of Glory, the Supreme People’s Court decided in the protracted…
Qiaodan Sports’ Disassociation from Michael Jeffrey Jordan
2020 Amendment to SPC’s Interpretation on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Law in the Trial of Patent Infringement Cases (2)
This is part of a series that show what the 18 judicial interpretations on IP look like after their 2020 amendments that make them Civil Code-ready. See the first of the series here and the amendment on the other patent law judicial interpretation here.
Below is the amendment to the Supreme People’s Court’s Interpretation…
Five Highlights of the Third Amendment to the Copyright Law of the PRC (2020)
Guest post by OUYANG Yini, JD and JM candidate at PKU STL.
Recently, one of the most remarkable hot news, occurred in the IP field in China: the latest amendment of the Copyright Law. This Third Amendment to the Copyright Law was adopted on 11 November 2020 and will become effective on 1 June…
18 SPC Judicial Interpretations to ensure IP Laws are Civil Code-Ready
My colleague Susan Finder provides a great overview on Supreme People’s Court Monitor of how the SPC delivered its first batches of documents designed to ensure a seamless transition to the Civil Code, see here. One batch of documents are 18 judicial interpretations on the respective IP laws to make sure that they are…