October 26th, Youku.com, one of the most popular video sharing websites in China (as well as in the world), was found a series of copyright infringements by Haidian District People’s Court in Beijing. The total damages for 47 movies (and that is 47 cases according to China’s civil procedure) is 450,000 RMB (about 64,000 USD). [...]
Leaves, obviously. Parking on leaves. Not my car, but my camera. Tree in Minute Man National Historical Park, Lexington, where the first shot for independence was triggered. Before night fall. OK, that’s Harvard main entrance, if there must be one. Squirrel at the bus stop. ————- [...]
On 18 May 2009, the Patent Reexamination Council of State Intellectual Property Office of China issued the Decision of Declaring Invalidation of the Patent Right (Decision No. 13362), which declared invalidation of all 28 Claims of Rights in China patent CN 1097799C. The patentee was City Bank. The complaint of invalidation was raised by Professor [...]
Telecommunication and Communication Signal in Canadian Copyright Act Easy124, a reader of this blog, sent me some provisions in Canadian Copyright Act, and asked me some questions on the performer’s rights in that law. Actually I am not among professionals specially in Canadian law. Last time I read the Canadian Copyright Act was two months [...]
Here are English abstracts of my book chapters in CHEN Xinghua (ed.), The Intellectual Property Law (Kunming: Yunnan University Press, 2004). Chapter 25: Name of Commercial Entities and Geographical Indication This chapter includes two sections. The first one introduces the following contents: the identification and characters of the Name of Commercial Entities (NCE); the conditions [...]
On 2 Dec 2008, invited by my friend Ms. LEE Na, I lectured for 2 hours in English at the bilingual course “Advanced Int’l Trade Law” in School of Law, Kunming University of Sci. & Tech. The topic is: WTO IP Disputes: US v China DS362 & DS363. Here is the PPT. It will be [...]
