Chinese firm wins suit in US
2007-07-20 09:01:36
General Protecht, an electrical product manufacturer based in East China's Zhejiang Province, has won a three-year patent infringement lawsuit in the United States.
TV makers to challenge US patent charge
2007-04-25 15:49:05
Ten major Chinese television makers have founded a new company to develop cutting-edge technology and improve the bottom line by negotiating reductions in patent fees with foreign rivals.
Progress in safeguarding rights
2007-04-25 10:03:01
Chinese enterprises have made remarkable progress in intellectual property right (IPR) protection in the past two decades, according to senior Chinese officials.
Patent applications in 2005 reach record high
2006-04-21 08:56:57
China accepted 476,264 patent applications and 830,000 trademark applications last year, an all time high in the past 18 years.
IPR protection in 2005
2006-03-28 05:37:19
Chinese courts heard more than 3,500 criminal cases concerning intellectual property last year, up 28 per cent from the year before, and sentenced 5,336 people, up 30 per cent from 2004.
New alternatives
2006-03-27 08:20:22
Trade fairs and commercial exhibitions are good venues for doing business, and they provide companies with an opportunity to market their products, look for potential partners or simply share information. This is particularly true in China, where trade fairs and exhibitions have long been one of the major places from which to market new products and technologies. These venues are also susceptible to intellectual property rights (IPR) infringement, and companies often find that products at exhibitions have violated other their valid patents, trademarks and copyrights.
Law enforcement requires more efforts
2006-03-23 13:58:30
Lawyer and patent attorney Zhang Shiqiong has been swamped with work lately, and there seems to be no end to the number of new cases that urgently need to be dealt with.
Plan of action
2006-03-20 08:24:24
The National IPR (intellectual property rights) Protection Working Group Office, in conjunction with other departments, has formulated China's Action Plan on IPR Protection 2006 to protect IPR and resolutely punish patent violations and other illegal activities.
Energized outcome
2006-03-14 09:15:18
Chinese people traditionally receive red envelopes full of money during the Spring Festival, and major Chinese battery makers received a big one from the United States this year.
International intrigue
2006-03-13 15:06:28
It's halfway across the world and couldn't be more culturally removed from the Chinese mainland, but local business executives have become well acquainted with eastern Texas over the past few years.
Over 90% Chinese companies have no patent application experience
2006-02-24 15:12:04
Over 90 percent of Chinese companies have no patent application experience, and only 0.03 percent of Chinese companies have their own intellectual property rights (IPR).
Patent woes
2006-02-13 09:27:47
Zhejiang Dongzheng Electrical Co Ltd (Dongzheng) is facing the same patent lawsuits that Chinese network equipment manufacturer Huawei Technologies and domestic MP3 device maker Actions Semiconductors faced as they expanded into the US market.