Institute for Internet Policy & Law @ Beijing Normal University

After its patent over Viagra was confirmed by the Court, Phizer won the patent infringement case against two Chinese companies that produced the generic-versions of Viagra.
http://news.findlaw.com/ap/o/51/12-28-2006/a937000b6c3a7d71.html

However, Phizer lost the case in a long-last trademark dispute. Wei Er Man, which is producing a competitive product to Viagra, won over the trademark registration for “Wei Ge” (meaning “a strong man”), which has long been used as the nickname of Viagra in Chinese market.
http://case.ipr.gov.cn/ipr/case/info/Article.jsp?a_no=48393&col_no=65&dir=200701

Foreign intellectual property owners’ another triumph is marked by the Chinese court’s ruling in favor of Premier League in trademark dispute.
http://news.findlaw.com/ap/o/51/12-28-2006/9d630006efde524f.html

Beijing First Intermediary Court ruled that Baidu’s service of posting links to sites offering illegal music was not infringing the recording companies’ copyright as the music was downloaded from web servers of third parties, not from Baidu.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6163352.stm

The decision is available at: http://yuguofu.blog.sohu.com/28551641.html

Is the Chinese government the agent of the western copyright industry? It sounds weird but a pack was just signed in Beijing with Business Software Alliance and The Publishers Association in the U.K., and, in the U.S., the Association of American Publishers and the Motion Picture Association of America. If they hand over their claims against infringement, they get a fast-track treatment. Would that be consistent with the National Treatment under the WTO TRIPS?

http://news.com.com/China+signs+licensing+pact+with+U.S.%2C+U.K./2100-1014_3-6144063.html

Fiyat spokesman said their legal tem in Turin were assessing the possiblity of suing Greatwall Automobile for infringing the design patent of Fiyat “Panda” cars. Greatwall denied the infringement charge and insisted that its “Spirit” cars were independently designed by its internal designers. Spirit cars are going to be sold in Italian market in the second half of 2007.

http://msn.ynet.com/view.jsp?oid=17976399

There have been several disputes over automobile design patents between international car manufactures (such as Toyota and General Motors) and booming Chinese car industry (Geely and QQ). Report for Toyota v. Geely case is at http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200311/24/eng20031124_128904.shtml.

The Minister of Justice, Mr. Zhang Sujun, emphasizes the importance of administrative sanction against piracy in an interview with the Journal of 21st Century. His talk just followed the recent release of the USTR Assessment Report on China’s WTO Committment, which labels intellectual property protection as one of areas that have fallen back or slowed down the reform.

http://tech.sina.com.cn/it/2006-12-14/09431288065.shtml