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Recommended reading: Comment on revised draft TRAB rules

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A quick recommendation here for those eagerly anticipating the reforms of trademark legislation in China. Our fellow bloggers, China IPR, have posted some interesting observations on the new rules of Trademark Review and Adjudication Board (TRAB) that are currently up for public consultation.

The TRAB will be a key institutional mechanism in IPR cases for foreign and domestic firms, for instance determining the form of evidence that can be used in IP cases. Thus any changes here may have big effects for future IPR enforcement in China.

Read the post here.

From China IPR “IPR Model Cases: Part of the Long Journey Towards IPR Case Law With ‘Chinese Characteristics’?”

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In late October China’s highest court, the Supreme People’s Court (SPC), released a list of eight model cases (dianxing anli典型案例).   The list is a collection of important cases that suggest the direction of the focus and scope of the court and also signals new trends in its decision making process. The cases listed have wide-ranging implications on protecting trade secrets, unfair competition, trade marks, patents and infringement of the manufacturing process.   China IPR has great synopses of the cases and provides some spot-on analysis here.

Enforcing Your Rights in China

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copyright_lockThe intellectual property rights (IPR) available in China are very similar to those available in Europe. Assuming you have registered your IP and found it being infringed then you will want to enforce it.  How might you find out your products have been infringed? Your customers might tell you about competing products, you might find infringements for sale on the internet, you might see infringing products at a trade fair etc… Continue reading “Enforcing Your Rights in China” »

Buzzing at the EEN Conference

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photoLithuania is home to one of the World’s top basketball teams (2nd at the Eurobasket Championships), a thriving amber industry, a multi-lingual population (90% speak one foreign language and 50% two) and this year, the Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) Annual Conference. Continue reading “Buzzing at the EEN Conference” »

The Third EU SME Forum: A great place for European SMEs to get the tools to grow their business in China!

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eu-sme-forumThe China IPR SME Helpdesk, the EU SME Centre and the European Chamber of Commerce are organising the third EU SME Forum on Friday 13 September in Beijing.

To develop their market, an increasing number of European SMEs are exporting their ideas and efforts to other countries, especially to China. Continue reading “The Third EU SME Forum: A great place for European SMEs to get the tools to grow their business in China!” »