The National Copyright Administration has caved in to the demands of the musicians in its latest Draft to the Law, but key provisions on licensing and software are causing concern
July 13, 2012
Intellectual Property
For the first time China's Copyright Law acknowledges reverse engineering, which shows the government's changing attitude and courts' readiness to rule on a difficult area of the Law
July 12, 2012Apple's infamous dispute with Proview has more to teach foreign investors about contracts and dispute resolution in China than it does about trademark law
July 06, 2012Speaking at the Beijing International IP Forum last week, ZTE's Shen Jianfeng and IBM's Liu Xiaoyu highlighted the important roles of their ever-expanding patent portfolios
June 29, 2012As the draft Copyright Law amendments come under heavy criticism, Ma Xiaogang, managing director of the China Copyright Association, defends the changes to Janice Qu
June 08, 2012The 2011 IP Case Report from the Supreme Court reinforces its commitment to standardising the country's IP practices
June 01, 2012Selected by the Supreme Court as the Top 10 IP Cases of 2011, five law firms analyse five of the cases, the precedents set and how each one changes the future of IP disputes
June 01, 2012Latest SPC annual IP report addresses 44 law application issues.
May 31, 2012The Report derives 44 law application issues with general guiding significance from 34 carefully selected typical cases, including patent, trademark, copyright and competition cases.
May 31, 2012Baidu's placement of a link to the National Copyright Administration on its homepage is a step forward, but the search engine needs to do more to prove its commitment to tackling online infringement
May 11, 2012