A phenomenon that tremendously impact the landscape of intellectual property right (IPR) protection in the last two decades is the emergence of so-called "trolls” or "non-practicing entities” (NPEs).
In 1992, the 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of China put forward that the goal for China's economic system reform is to establish a socialist market economic regime.
With the prosperity of e-commerce and the Internet, more trademark-related issues have emerged in cross border trade. Among them, it becomes a topic of hot debate whether the defense of exhaustion of
Since October 2015, fierce patent war has broken out between Sogou and Baidu. On the one hand, this patent litigation has attracted wide attention because of its involvement with China’s two giants on
The conflict of rights is common during licensing of intellectual property. Although there also may be conflicts between other civil rights, the intangibility of the object to be protected by intellec
The term "common knowledge” is a usual concept in administrative cases related with patent granting and validation. A technique should be recognized as common knowledge, as long as it has been widely
The Russian civil code defines a trademark as a sign which serves to individualize goods and services of legal entities and entrepreneurs. In other words, a trademark is a perceptible sign which is ca
The new year resumed, and everything updated. From January 14-15, the 7th China IP International Annual Forum & 2017 Annual Conference of In-house IP Managers in China was held grandly