At the first anniversary of the promulgation of National Intellectual Property Strategy Outline, Vice Commissioner of the State Intellectual Property Office Zhang Qin was invited to visit the site of national IP strategy on June 5.
Focusing on “fully carrying out national IP strategy and greatly boosting core competitiveness”, Zhang had a talk with netizens online.
In [...]
IRVINE, Calif., June 8 /PRNewswire-Asia/
VIZIO, America’s #1 HDTV and Consumer Electronics Company, announced today that it has filed an infringement lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland against LG Electronics, Inc., a Korean maker and seller of digital televisions, related components and other products, and its wholly-owned subsidiary LG Electronics [...]
The number of patent lawyers in China is expected to reach about 10,000 by 2015, a seven-year national plan for the development of patent agency industry (2009-2015) released Wednesday predicted.
The State Intellectual Property Office, which published the blueprint, said it expected that 1,000 of those could handle complicated and international cases.
As of May 31, China [...]
After a vigorous defense, Guangdong Shengyi Sci. Tech Co., Ltd. has emerged victorious in the United States patent litigation brought without notice by Isola USA Corp, announced by the company in Guangdong on May 21.
On October 6, 2008, Isola filed for 337 investigations at the International Trade Commission (ITC) of the United States, alleging against [...]
On the afternoon of May 27, the Legal Affairs Department of the Bureau of Shanghai World Expo Coordination conducted the fourth training activity titled with Ongoing IP Protection at Expo 2010 Shanghai China together with the IP Office and the Science and Technology Association of Pudong New Area. 200 people participated in the activity including [...]
European_Union, May 2009
The EU member states and the European Commission have decided to lower the fees paid to OHIM – the agency in charge of granting EU wide trademark rights –and also to simplify the trademark registration procedure.
The fee reduction and simplification of procedure essentially consist in setting the registration fee for Community trade marks [...]
Geneva, May, 2009
PR/2009/589
The number of international trademark registrations topped the one million mark when Austrian “eco” company Grüne Erde, which specializes in natural wood, textile and cosmetic products, registered its mark this month under the WIPO-administered Madrid system for the international registration of marks.
Trademark registrations often mirror evolving consumer tastes as companies work to strengthen [...]
