IP Scene

1. Hunan

200 patents by top inventors

The intellectual property office at the provincial capital Changsha recently unveiled the city's list of top 10 inventors.

More than 200 patents by the inventors have been commercialized with products valued at about 6 billion yuan ($938.4 million) that generated more than 1.2 billion yuan in profit.

Most of the award winners are grassroots workers and researchers who "made great contribution to the city's emerging industries such as advanced manufacturing, biomedicine and new energy development".

HUNAN DAILY

2. Shanghai

Jail and fines for online games

Two young men have been fined and given jail sentences by the Huangpu district court for infringing on the copyright of the online game King of Pirates.

Zheng Xin and Zhou Xiong, who failed to find jobs after graduation, knew each from playing online games. Zheng suggested they build a copycat online games to make money, and Zhou agreed.

They acquired the source code for King of Pirates, made a few simple changes to develop three similar online games and rented two servers to operate them.

In less than a year, they had nearly 10,000 registered players and earned more than 60,000 yuan. They were arrested in March by Wuxi police in Jiangsu province.

JIEFANG DAILY

3. Anhui

Nuclear parts production

An inauguration ceremony was recently held in the provincial capital Hefei to mark the beginning of China's production of components for an international nuclear reactor, part of a joint effort in research and engineering to build the world's largest and most advanced experimental nuclear fusion reactor.

China will contribute about 10 percent of the work on the project. Its first batch of components, all using home-developed materials, will be delivered to the project in the south of France at the end of this year.

The project also includes the European Union, India, Japan, Russia, South Korea and the United States.

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DAILY

4. Chongqing

5-year blueprint for innovation

Local authorities recently announced a blueprint for development of science, technology and emerging industries over the 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-2015).

In the coming five years, the city aims to become "a technical innovation hub and technology commercialization base in the upper reaches of Yangtze River ", according to the plan.

The government will build a patent database to improve its intellectual property strategy and attract investment.

The plan also encourages local companies to apply for patents overseas.

CQNEWS.NET

5. Guangdong

Haizhu Lake trademark fest

The government of the provincial capital Guangzhou has organized a trademark contest on Haizhu Lake, the biggest man-made lake in the city.

Both individuals and organizations are allowed to take part in the campaign, with the winner receiving a certificate and 30,000 yuan.

The lake is at the center of a new 95-hectare wetland park that will open in September.

GUANGZHOU DAILY

6. Yunnan

Local coffee has GI trademark

The Dehong Coffee brand was recently granted a geographical indicator trademark, the first of its kind in Dehong prefecture.

The trademark owned by an agricultural science association is expected to boost development of the local coffee industry.

DEHONG.GOV.CN

(China Daily 08/24/2011 page17)