The Group of Eight (G8) summit meeting opened in L’Aquila, Italy, on Wednesday to discuss issues such as the global economy and climate change. The following is a brief history of the dialogue meetings held by the G8 industrialized nations with partners from the developing world.
The first dialogue meeting between leaders of the G8 and [...]
City Name Case
Jul 12
Chinese trademark authorities, responding to a request from Tokyo, rejected applications to register eight prefectural names in Japan as brands for agricultural and other products, the Japan Patent Office reported, according to the Japan Times.
The decision reflects a change in China’s stance on the registration of Japanese prefectural and city names without their consent, the [...]
Developing Global Intellectual Property Infrastructure for Promoting Science, New Technologies and Innovation Worldwide
CICG, Geneva, September 17 and 18, 2009
Objectives
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is organizing a Global Symposium of Intellectual Property Authorities to be held on September 17 and 18, 2009, at the International Conference Center Geneva (CICG). The Symposium will:
- provide heads of [...]
Microsoft filed a lawsuit against a do-it-yourself PC vendor in Zhongguancun, accusing Beijing Strong Well Future Technology Development of using pirated Microsoft software.
Microsoft is demanding 500,000 yuan in compensation, People’s Daily reported.
The case was recently heard during a court session at First Intermediate People’s Court in Beijing.
Microsoft said that it commissioned an intellectual property agency, [...]
Recently, Shanxi Province Intellectual Property Administration and SIPO Patent Search and Information Office jointly held a high-level forum focusing on the topic of “Bring Patent Info into Full Play on the Designing and Implementation of Company Intellectual Property Strategy”.
Director of Shanxi Province Intellectual Property Administration Wei Jianfeng attended the forum and delivered speech. He pointed [...]
Two leading publishers are battling each other over a claim of copyright infringement.
A Beijing court has started hearing a case filed by Li Shuxi, the former director of Guangming Daily Press, today’s Beijing Times reported.
Li is demanding 108,000 yuan (US$15,805) from Huang Shuyuan, director of People Press, who allegedly copied 85 percent of his book [...]
A two-day long Seminar on Guangdong-HK-Macao Intellectual Property Laws was unveiled in Hong Kong on June 26, with the participation of many legal scholars and experts from the mainland of China, Hong Kong SAR and Macao SAR.
At the seminar, they discussed legal issues relating to intellectual property in mainland China, Hong Kong and Macao.
Vice Chairman [...]
