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Guest Expert Davide Follador: GIs in China Today

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Davide Follador is one of IP Key’s long term experts based in Beijing. He is responsible for the legal component focusing on trademarks, copyright, geographical indications and IP enforcement. He served as officer in the Italian Police and subsequently obtained a Master of Laws in International Commercial Law. He is also a qualified European Trademark and Design Attorney (OHIM) and is a member of the Milan BAR. Davide has been practicing as an  IP lawyer since 2001 and specialises in cross border EU-China Intellectual Property matters, currently working with a cross-cultural and highly specialised international team based in Europe and in China, to design and develop EU-China cooperation activities in the field of intellectual property.

In recent months Davide has worked closely with both EU and domestic Chinese entities in the study of Chinese legal policy regarding GI products. He has kindly collated a wealth of information, together with his professional analysis of the current situation in China which should be of great use to any EU producers of GI products looking to export to China.

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Alibaba – Who is responsible for keeping out the counterfeits?

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Alibaba_Chinese_logoChinese e-commerce giant Alibaba is back in the news this week, but with less fanfare than its biggest-IPO-in-history success story back in September. It has been criticised in a report from the State Administration of Industry & Commerce (SAIC) over hosting the sale of counterfeits, among other illegal trading issues. Data from the SAIC suggests 63% of listed brand goods on the site are not genuine – no insignificant number to be sure. This has kicked-off a battle between the SAIC and Alibaba, with counter-statements from the company and a number of accounts of alleged infringements emerging from both sides.

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Something to wine about….

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China’s taste for Western wine has taken-off dramatically in the last decade, with EU wine exports to China worth over 700 million Euros in 2012 – more than ten times the export value of 2006. Unfortunately, with the rise in demand for foreign wine there has also been an unprecedented surge in counterfeits.

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Blog to monitor your market

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20130604 Comments Image VSmallOur blog has been running for a little over six months now and there were of course a few ‘firsts’ in that time – the first post, the first share, the first subscriber, the first external contributor and then of course: the first comment. Fortunately the first comment we received was positive and thoughtful – it made us feel good. Since then the volume of comments has increased and while most do provide opinions or feedback on the post in question, there is a small subset that have a very different agenda…. Continue reading “Blog to monitor your market” »

Proactive Customs in Vietnam

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200There’s some very welcome news for European businesses in Vietnam: Customs have announced that they are ramping up their inspection efforts to tackle counterfeit goods in the country. How does this affect you? If you have any intellectual property recorded in Vietnam, Customs are asking for your recordal information so they can better identify genuine and fake products. This can help stop knock-offs of your goods from both entering Vietnam and leaving the country for other markets such as those in Europe. Continue reading “Proactive Customs in Vietnam” »