Category Archives: IP and Law

Please go elsewhere for prostitution

Posted on 2007-01-24 by Joel Martinsen

A sign in a Beijing subway station prohibits prostitution at that location. Citizens and media react.

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Frustrated petitioning

Posted on 2007-01-24 by Jeremy Goldkorn

The Time magazine China blog has an interesting entry by Susan Jakes about people who come to the magazine’s Beijing bureau seeking justice for wrongs they have suffered, usually at the hands of local provincial officials: The Time Magazine Office … Continue reading →

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Falling down on the job

Posted on 2007-01-16 by Joel Martinsen

Newspaper ‘Beijing Today’ invents quotations.

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Chinese medical clinics win suit over misdiagnosis

Posted on 2007-01-10 by Joel Martinsen

Chinese woman sues traditional clinics for misdiagnosing her pregnancy as menopause; courts reject her suit.

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Slow, polluting seniors removed from Beijing city streets

Posted on 2007-01-01 by Joel Martinsen

Zhang Rui writes about a Beijing plan to ban seniors from the city’s streets, with the goal of reducing gridlock among pedestrians.

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Republishing: protected by Chinese law?

Posted on 2006-12-24 by Jeremy Goldkorn

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

Posted on 2006-12-19 by Jeremy Goldkorn

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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Nike and Beckham pirate trademark applications
by Michael Rank

Posted on 2006-12-04 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Michael Rank is a China specialist for Trade Marks Directory Service (TMDS), a company that works for brands by examining newly published trademark applications from across the globe. Below are some dodgy trademark applications they discovered in China. Nike – … Continue reading →

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Oriental Outlook: The dog-eat-dog tourism industry

Posted on 2006-11-22 by Joel Martinsen

From Oriental Outlook magazine (瞭望东方周刊), a feature on China’s cut-throat tourism sector, where profitability depends upon how badly guides fleece their charges.

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Transvestite prostitutes of Fuzhou

Posted on 2006-11-19 by Jeremy Goldkorn

The prolific ESWN has translated a short news item from Netease: In Fuzhou, the police decided to run a sting operation against prostitutes that evening. An undercover policeman showed up at the Guangminggang park. Two “women” then approached him and … Continue reading →

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