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Of IP’s Most Important Figures of 2007 Who is Most Relevant to IP in China?
The magazine Managing Intellectual Property announced IP’s Most Important Figures of 2007. Of this group, who deserved this title because of its role regarding IP in China? Obviously this includes Ms...
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81.5 percent of Counterfeit Products in Japan originates from China
The Japan Times is running (and probably translated) Kyodo News’ article which is quoting Japan’s Finance Ministry saying that 81.5 percent of counterfeit products come from China. Japan’s 9 customs...
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IPR Enforcement in China via Inversed Trojan Horse: LVMH Invites China...
March 16, Tim LeeMaster wrote for the South China Morning Post, the English language newspaper of Hong Kong, that China Investment Corporation is considering to take an equity stake of 10 percent in...
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Silk Market Vendors of Counterfeit Goods Terrorise Law Firm
Remember the Silk Market Appeal Case/Landlord Case about which I blogged at the exact same date, but then in 2006? Read here. Well, a lot has happened in the mean time: The Beijing Silk Market (before...
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Harvest of Counterfeit Louis Vuitton and Gucci in 15 Minutes at Mong Kok Station
I was standing less than 15 minutes at the MTR station of Mong Kok, the most bustling and dense populated part of Kowloon, the peninsula of Hong Kong. I saw 5 ladies with a bag that could be...
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Sweet Irony: Is IP Dragon Liable For Hosting IPR Infringing AdWords?
Law is often walking a few steps behind the developments in society. I propose the term “law lag”, whereby I apply the “cultural lag” concept developed by Thorstein Veblen to law. Of course...
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IP Dragon Checks International Clothes Market in Beijing: “Waterbedding”...
Building of the International Clothes Market While all eyes are fixed on Silk Market in Beijing, IP Dragon focuses its attention to the International Clothes Market in Beijing to check whether...
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Rethinking Intellectual Property Protection in Hong Kong
After the welcome remarks by professor Douglas Arner (head Department of Law, HKU) and the opening speech by Peter Cheung, (director IPD, HKSAR Government) see here, the first panel presentation of the...
View ArticleImpersonator Does Not Fake a Documentary on Trademark Counterfeits
Owen Schumacher is a gifted Dutch comedian and impersonator. He has made a documentary series about what people’s perceptions are of real and fake. The third episode of the documentary is on brands,...
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One of the Top 10 IPR Cases in Jiangsu 2011: Counterfeit Luxury Brands Seized
Wikipedia Jiangsu map Jiangsu was China’s province with the highest GNP per capita in 2011: 61,649 Yuan. This means that a greater group of people might have become interested in luxury goods,...
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