Tag Archives: IPR

Rift in Sino-US intellectual property dialogue blamed on WTO case

On Monday, China prevented the World Trade Organization (WTO) from establishing an expert panel to arbitrate the intellectual property (IPR) case filed in April by the US.

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Is ad-blocking illegal? Coral QQ author arrested

Soff (aka Chen Shoufu 陈寿福), architect of Coral QQ (珊瑚虫) is arrested. Did Tencent pay off the cops?

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WTO suit brews; China establishes patent centers

As a non-adversarial approach to IPR enforcement that transforms the Chinese from “bad guys” into stakeholders, these in-house patent resource centers seem promising.

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New adventures in book piracy

Hanwang (汉王) offers a scanning pen (e摘客).

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Does copyright law hinder innovation?

Rebecca MacKinnon reports on a panel discussion on copyright law.

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Republishing: protected by Chinese law?

Ever since the launch of Beijing News in November 2003, TOM.com has been quietly re-publishing their news reports.

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The paradox of IPR infringement in China

China Daily Online reproduces articles translated by ESWN and Danwei. The site notes the original source but fails to credit the translators.

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Tianya blogger hunts down reprint payments from newspapers

A Chinese blogger tries to get payment from newspapers that reprinted a blog post.

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Insulting the Monkey King

A Japanese adaptation of the Journey to the West has Chinese netizens and filmographers angry over its unfaithfulness to the book; a blogger comments that JttW may have inspired Tolkien.

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The benefits of piracy
by Kaiser Kuo

Piracy as a window on the western world.

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by Kaiser Kuo