Learnt from the forum held by Beijing Kangxin, P.C., lawsuit cases concerning intellectual property rights in China were annually increasing at a speed of 30% or more.
The theme of the forum was Experts’ Views on Enterprises’ IP Lawsuits and IP law experts elaborated enterprises’ patent protection and lawsuit affaires on patent infringement. The 140 attendees [...]
SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft Corp. and Nokia Corp. on Wednesday announced an alliance that will bring Microsoft’s Office and related software and services to Nokia smartphones.
The two companies said they will collaborate on the design, development and marketing of mobile productivity solutions, which will be available for a broad range of Nokia smartphones starting with [...]
A recent New York Times story reports that Wal-mart Canada has filed a complaint in Quebec Superior Court, seeking an injunction against a union website’s use of Wal-mart’s trade-marks.
Wal-mart has apparently claimed that the use of its name, colour schemes, and variations of its logo and slogans by the United Food and Commercial Workers Canada’s [...]
Shanghai No.1 Intermediate People’s Court entered the first-instance judgment on trademark infringement of LV, ordering defendants, a couple with the names of Lin Yizhong and Wu Beiwen and their Zhong Wen Trading Company to cease infringement and pay LV 500,000 yuan.
The plaintiff filed a case with the court this January, asserting Lin and Wu’s distribution [...]
BEIJING, July 2 (Xinhuanet) — Yoko Ono is the rightful copyright holder of rare movie footage capturing intimate moments of singer John Lennon and his family in London in 1970, a U.S. federal judge has ruled.
U.S. District Court Judge Rya W. Zobel last week ruled that Lennon’s widow was the rightful copyright holder, according to [...]
SEOUL — South Korean President Lee Myung-bak said Wednesday that South Korea should step up efforts to protect intellectual property rights amid mounting losses from violation of South Korea’s property rights.
According to Kim Eun-hye, spokesperson for the presidential office, President Lee said during a meeting of the National Competitiveness Council that the country is losing [...]
Geneva, July 29, 2009
PR/2009/598
At a meeting on July 28, 2009, WIPO Director General, Mr. Francis Gurry and the Prime Minister of Singapore, Mr Lee Hsien Loong, discussed issues relating to Asia’s growing importance in the international intellectual property system, WIPO’s capacity building activities in the South East Asian region, climate change and the role of [...]
