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China.org.cn, September 19, 2017
The Chinese government has begun a campaign to protect
the intellectual property rights (IPR) of foreign companies.
The campaign will focus on malicious trademark
registration and imitation of foreign brands, the Ministry of Commerce said
Monday, citing a joint action plan by 12 government departments.
From September to December, the campaign will also target
infringement of online IPRs, patent rights and plant variety rights, as well as
industrial espionage, according to the plan.
Lexology, October 20, 2017
China is in the middle of a rapid shift towards cloud
technologies. Execution of the 13th Five Year Plan will deliver substantial
investment into cloud computing and the sector is undergoing unprecedented
growth. Meanwhile, organisations operating in this digital economy face an increasingly
complex intellectual property (IP) environment, as China becomes a global IP
center and scales up IP protection, enforcement and penalties for infringement.
Indeed, the number of cloud-related IP lawsuits in China grew 158% between 2011
and 2016. Against this backdrop, organisations face an important question: how
can they take advantage of the enormous opportunities presented by the cloud in
a way that manages this complex IP landscape? In this post, Matt Pollins and
Nick Beckett from CMS look at the practical steps organisations can take to
protect themselves and succeed in the cloud.
World Trademark Review, September 26, 2017
A major amendment in Taiwan to the regulations governing
customs border measures will play a key part in protecting trademarks. The
measures allow the owner of a trademark registered in Taiwan to file an
application with Customs to have the trademark recorded on its database
enabling Customs to seize counterfeits when it inspects imported or exported
goods ex officio. The legal basis for this mechanism is rooted in the
Regulations Governing Customs Measures in Protecting the Rights and Interests
of Trademark, which is enacted pursuant to Paragraph 2 of Article 78 of the
Trademark Act.
XinhuaNet, October 10, 2017
South Korea's unification ministry on Tuesday urged the
Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) not to violate property rights
owned by South Korean companies which had operated factories in the currently
closed inter-Korean industrial complex.
The Economic Times, October 27, 2017
Seeking to achieve a "more balanced" trade relationship, the Trump administration has pressed India on key issues like market access, lifting of trade barriers and intellectual property protection. During the first US-India bilateral Trade Policy Forum (TPF) under the Trump administration which was attended by US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Suresh Prabhu, India strongly differed with the American position on many of the contentious issues.
PRA
During a meeting in New Delhi last week, Indian Commerce & Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu announced how "extremely important" it is for India to protect intellectual property rights. Minister Prabhu noted that the Indian economy has undergone robust changes during recent decades and is now a leader in innovation and developing technologies.
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IPR and Innovation 36, Plain packaging from tobacco and soon to soft drinks, alcohol, ice cream products, May 31, 2017
IPR and innovation 37, US-China dispute on IP, September 17, 2017
IPR and Innovation 38, Recent IP development in some ASEAN countries, October 24, 2017
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