Institute for Internet Policy & Law @ Beijing Normal University

Philips settled a series of invalidation disputes over its DVD patent on “the method and device of eceiving and dispatching codified datum”. Philips agrees not to enforce its patent in China on the condition that 5 applicants withdraw their patent invalidation applications from China IPO. This is merely an insignificant patent in the patent pool on DVD manufacture owned by 6C and unlikely to noticeably decrease the patent burden on the China’s DVD enterprises.

http://tech.sina.com.cn/it/2006-12-10/22411280685.shtml

Beijing Copyright Administration states that Karaoke royalty fees won’t be charged within 2006. The statement further complicates the fights between the collecting society and the karaoke businesses. The collecting society, though has the clear support from the NVAC, is still a non-governmental organization. This statement makes people doubt whether the government is directly dictating the collecting society on this issue.

http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2006-11-24/144910588814s.shtml

The collective society started charging royalties to the Karaoke halls from January 1, 2007, which has made the karaoke fees increase 30%.

http://www.cnradio.com.cn/news/200701/t20070102_504366728.html

Karaoke businesses in Guangzhou and Shanghai are fighting against the new royalties collection standards of RMB 12 Yuan per room per day set by the Audio-Video Collecting Society, despite the support from the NCAC.

http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2006-11-22/030010561932s.shtml