China and the U.S. launched the fifth round of the so-called Strategic Economic Dialogue as an effort to find common ground amidst a global economic crisis. It was attended by outgoing U.S. treasury secretary Henry Paulson and...
Read MoreBeijing-based legal scholar Xu Zhiyong (许志永) writes on his blog, translated by CDT: Seven-year-old Yang Peiyi sang a lovely song for the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games. However, audiences all over the world...
Read MoreChinese vice-premier Wang Qishan writes on the Wall Street Journal: Prior to this week’s economic talks with the U.S., the Chinese government unveiled the Outline of National Intellectual Property Rights — a new...
Read MoreFrom AFP: China should enhance the transparency of its domestic regulations and standards, according to World Trade Organisation member states after a review Friday of Beijing’s trade policies. At the same time, China...
Read MoreFrom AP: Compared to Washington, the European Union has been serene about piracy in China of its trademarks, copyright and patents. Can that last? Violations of intellectual property rights, trademarks and patents held by EU...
Read MoreWestern pornographers angry at China’s lax intellectual property enforcement must be happy. From Xinhua: Chinese authorities destroyed 47.18 million pornographic and illegal publications on Sunday as part of an ongoing...
Read MoreAs the U.S. Democratic presidential candidates try to woo working class voters in the run-up to the Pennsylvania primary, Clinton and Obama are focusing on the bilateral relationship with China. From AFP: The New York senator...
Read MoreForbes reports on law suits brought by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. These suits, if successful, will have big implications for the status of intellectual property rights in China. China’s long...
Read MoreFrom Financial Times: Organisers of the Beijing Olympics have been hit by a lawsuit from a city resident who claims they violated his intellectual property rights by failing to give him credit for the event’s official slogan,...
Read MoreFrom China Daily: Despite repeated crackdowns on online piracy, it is still a challenge to protect intellectual property rights, a top official said Thursday. “Internet copyright infringement is still very prevalent in the country,” Yan Xiaohong, vice-minister of the National Copyright Administration (NCA), told a press conference held by the State Council Information Office. Yan […]
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