the 152nd Issue: China and innovation: some myths to dispel-China Intellectual Property Magazine

Several major music websites in China including Kugoo, Koowo, Baidu player and QQ music are planning to begin charging for music downloads by early next year.

A staff member at the record company Universal Music Group (China), who declined to disclose his name, said the move has not been confirmed, but "the change is highly possible"... More

·China and innovation: some myths to dispel

On a recent to visit to China to speak at the World Economic Forum’s Summer Davos in Tianjin, I was struck by a palpable sense of urgency. Catching up with US GDP was no longer the only burning issue; China, it was said, needs to close the gap with the US on innovation... More

News in Brief

· Zhejiang:Inventions by fisherman

· Hubei:Pirated books seized

·Jiangsu:Trademark association formed

· Shanghai:Home-developed electric car

· Beijing:big five in patents

· Guangxi-Prison fake for repellant

· Shanghai-China-Italy IP seminar

· Cooperation is the key to Sino-US ties

· Candidates fooling the people

· Hebei: Shijiazhuang allocated 8mln yuan special funds to boost technology commercialization

· Liaoning: Benxi adding another 25 famous trademarks

· AMSC and Sinovel due in China’s Supreme Court over wind IP

· BIP Asia - A Must-not-Miss Regional Anchor IP Event

China IP Articles

· Teamwork in IP litigation brings fruitful rewarding-—Analyzing the key factors to Unitalen’s success Issue 50, By Doris Li, China IP,[Trademark]

On the eve of World Intellectual Property Day, the Supreme People’s Court announced the Top 10 Judicial IP Protection Cases (Top 10 Cases) of 2011. The list was comprised of seven civil cases, two administrative cases and one criminal case... More

· A comparative study on the approaches to the determination of non-obviousness between China and U.S. Issue 50，by Shi Bisheng Judge with the IP Tribunal of Beijing Higher People’s Court,[Patent]

The determination of non-obviousness in a patent is both the key and the difficult point for obtaining and challenging the patent in China; it is also a frequently encountered important problem in raising the defense against patent infringement in the U.S. With greater economic integration and interactions, more and more patent applications are filed in both China and U.S. As a result,.. More