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 [...]
The owners of a Shanghai store, which last year captured publicity for reportedly selling counterfeit goods to Canadian singer Celine Dion, were yesterday ordered to pay 500,000 yuan (US$73,201) in compensation to luxury goods maker Louis Vuitton Malletier over trademark infringement.
A Taiwanese man, surnamed Lin, and his wife, Wu Beiwen, owners of Shanghai Zhongwen Trade [...]
The heads of five international organizations joined an international campaign this week to galvanize public support for a successful outcome to UN-sponsored climate change negotiations by signing a global petition addressed to world leaders.
WHO’s Margaret Chan, WIPO’s Francis Gurry, WMO’s Michel Jarraud, WTO’s Pascal Lamy, IFAD’s Kanayo F. Nwanze, as well as Britain’s Minister [...]
The Supreme People’s Court (SPC) has ordered courts at all levels to adhere to a “full-compensation” principle when dealing with intellectual property rights (IPR) cases.
“Courts should fully apply logical reasoning and everyday life experiences, and comprehensively and objectively examine the evidence for calculating the amount of compensation,” SPC vice-president Cao Jianming told a national work [...]
According to the Trademark Office (TMO) under the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, applications for international registration of trademarks sank between January and May 2009 compared with the same period last year.
Chinese users filed 712 applications for international registration via the TMO, down 11.2% from 802 of the same period in 2008. Foreign users [...]
An American luxury goods manufacturer is suing a garment market operator on Qipu Road for allowing stall holders to sell counterfeit items.
Judges at the Shanghai No. 2 Intermediate People’s Court said it was the first time a market operator had been listed as the only defendant in a fake goods case.
Coach Inc, best known for [...]
Singapore launched on Tuesday a professional program to train manpower in the field of technology transfer management.
The program is said to be the first of its kind in Asia, and it will help Singapore translate research and development into commercial outcomes, according to a joint statement by Exploit Technologies, the Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA) [...]
