In 2019, the Intellectual Property Court of the Supreme People’s Court was founded. Each year the IP Court of the SPC provides an annual report. “In 2022, 457 new cases involving foreign parties, or Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan parties were received, accounting for 10.4% of the newcases, representing a year-on-year increase of 4.6%.” Read the English version of the report here: Annual Report of the Intellectual Property Court of the Supreme People’s Court 2022 English version published on 11 April 2023     ..read more

Written by IP Lion                 (Photo from www.vecteezy.com) The latest China Trademark website shows that the trademark applications of “马好帅 (Ma Haoshuai, or “the handsome horse” if translated by its meaning) “, “牛稳稳 (Niu Wenwen, or “the stable cow” if translated by its meaning)”, and “鸡冉冉 (Ji Ranran, or “the sounding chicken” if translated by its meaning)” submitted by Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (“Tencent”) have been approved by the authority for registration. By pronouncing these trademarks, it is not hard to find that they are expre ..read more

Written by IP Lion For hotpot fans, qianye tofu (千页豆腐, also translated as “thousand-page tofu”) should be a familiar dish. Benefit from its special preparation method, the taste of qianye tofu is more elastic than traditional tofu.                                                                                                         &nb ..read more

Welcome to IP Dragon’s Monthly Roar, your roundup of IP news in China. Written by IP Dragon’s brand new reporter “IP Lion”. In this IP Dragon’s Roar, Dragon Nest prevails over Shadow of Dragon in an “iconic” case, streaming hijacking at the Olympics, and Luckin Coffee’s trademark registration to connect to Generation Z. Mind your archers and mages: Shanghai IP Court found copyright infringement by comparing the characters of game icons The Shanghai Intellectual Property Court (“Shanghai IP Court”) ruled in a recent judgment that materials from the mobile phone game 龙之影 (Shadow of the Dragon) c ..read more

Guest post by OUYANG Yini, JD and JM candidate at PKU STL. On December 30, 2020, Shanghai No. 2 Intermediate People’s Court announced its judgment on Michael Jeffrey Jordan v. Qiaodan Sports Co., Ltd., including four parts: (1) the defendant shall make public apology to the plaintiff in the newspapers and on the Internet, clarifying there is no relationship between Qiaodan Sports and Michael Jordan; (2) the defendant shall stop using “Qiaodan” as its trade name; (3) the defendant shall stop using trademarks involving “Qiaodan,” and for those that have become incontestable, the defendant shall ..read more

This is the 3rd part of a series that show what the 18 judicial interpretations on IP look like after their 2020 amendments that make them Civil Code-ready. You can find the overview post here. The other post on the judicial interpretation on patent law you can find here. Please note that bold is an addition and a strike-out is, indeed, a removal. Several Provisions of the Supreme People’s Court on the Application of Law in the Trial of Patent Dispute Cases The Several Provisions of the SPC on Applicable Legal Issues in the Trial of Patent Dispute Cases were adopted at the ..read more

This is part of a series that show what the 18 judicial interpretations on IP look like after their 2020 amendments that make them Civil Code-ready. See the first of the series here. Below is the amendment to the Supreme People’s Court’s Interpretation on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Law in the Trial of Patent Infringement Cases (2). See the old version of the Judicial Interpretation on the site of CCPIT here and the amendment on the site of Justra here (hat tip to Susan Finder). You can find the changes in the introduction and Articles 2, 6 and 21. Please note that bold is an ..read more

Guest post by OUYANG Yini, JD and JM candidate at PKU STL.         Recently, one of the most remarkable hot news, occurred in the IP field in China:  the latest amendment of the Copyright Law. This Third Amendment to the Copyright Law was adopted on 11 November 2020 and will become effective on 1 June 2021. The legislature makes many changes in the new version of the Copyright Law, which may lead to vigorous debates among the legal profession. The purpose of this blog is to give a brief introduction to some of the most significant modifications in this n ..read more

My colleague Susan Finder provides a great overview on Supreme People’s Court Monitor of how the SPC delivered its first batches of documents designed to ensure a seamless transition to the Civil Code, see here. One batch of documents are 18 judicial interpretations on the respective IP laws to make sure that they are in accordance with the Civil Code, see here. Therefore, it is no wonder that the term “民法典” (Civil Code) occurs 84 times in these judicial interpretations. The Decision of the SPC on Amending 18 IP Judicial Interpretations including the Interpretation of the SPC on Several Issues ..read more

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