the 41st Issue: Geely's Volvo brand popular at New York show-China Intellectual Property Magazine

·Rolex Fails in Namesake Trademark Registration

Eight years after the start of the scuffle, the Trademark Review and Adjudication Board (TRAB) under the State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) made a ruling to revoke the Rolex watch Company (Rolex)'s registration of No.3154175 trademark "满天星", certified for use on clock and watch.More

·Geely's Volvo brand popular at New York show
Volvo cars on display at the 2010 New York International Auto Show. Geely Automobile signed a deal with Ford last month to acquire Volvo for about $1.8 billion. Wu Chong / China Daily. NEW YORK - American car buyers are undeterred by Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd's purchase of Volvo, judging from their response at the New York International Auto Show.More

·New Era of Customer-Tailored Patent/Trademark Fee payment in Republic of Korea

Benefit of 5% discount on the total amount patent annuity fee where a lump-sum payment is made for 3 years or more than 3 years annuity payment. Installment payment of trademark registration fees: (effective July, 2010) 10 years lump-sum basis or first and second payments for 5 years each.More

·Copyright service center to be launched at Expo

BEIJING - China's National Copyright Administration and the Shanghai World Expo organizer will jointly launch a work station to provide copyright services for participants to the Expo. The work station will provide legal consultancy, take copyright-infringing complaints, authorize the use of copyright and mediate disputes, according to a circular issued by the General Administration of Press and Publication on Friday.More

·Enhance the Sports Industry's IP Innovation, Application, Protection and Management Level
·Beijing IPR pledge loan over 1.3 billion yuan

·SIPO Commissioner meets WIPO Deputy Director-General
·PTC Filings Log First Negative Growth Since 1979
·Harmonization of patent searches for IP5 in Republic of Korea
·Amendment to the Examination Regulations in the biotechnology field in Korea
·Changes in Design Application in Republic of Korea
·ICH show marks Serfs Emancipation Day
·Jiangsu: Zhenjiang launched administrative measures on IPR engineers' workstation

·Application for innovation fund started in Jilin

·Henan starts special campaign to protect World Expo IPR

China IP Articles

·Watered-down Administration of Trademark Agency Issue 34 By Zhou Yi, China IP,[Trademark]
“Trademark agents refer to the practicing staff in trademark agency organizations,” while “trademark agencies refer to legal service agencies that accept entrustment of clients and handle application for registration of trademarks or other matters related to trademarks in the name of the clients.”These two concise definitions are quoted from Measures for Administration of Trademark Agency, which formally came into force on November 11, 2009.More

·“The Development of Copyright Collective Management Is Out of My Expectation”By Zhou Yi, China IP,[Copyright]
Since March 1 of 2005 when the Collective Management of Copyright Regulations formally came into force, registrations of copyright collective management organizations created an upsurge, and approvals were given almost unanimously in 2008 and 2009 by the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Then in 2009, these newly emerged organizations whipped up an IPR protection storm. Over a short span of four years, we have seen how these Regulations are working in the development of copyright collective management organizations in China.More