Posts Tagged ‘intellectual property rights’

China’s Huawei Accused Of Trade Secret Theft By Motorola

Motorola has raised a lawsuit against the Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei in the United States, accusing the Chinese company of trade secret theft. Motorola claimed that during a certain period in the 1990s, many of its former employees offered detailed information about Motorola’s networking structure technologies, including seamless mobile solutions, to Huawei. In an [...]


Egypt Will Ban Chinese Shanzai Mobile Phones

Following India’s recent block of Chinese-made shanzai mobile phones without an International Mobile Equipment Identity number in 2009, the Egyptian government has recently announced similar measures against these mobile phones.
The National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority of Egypt has approved a ban, stating that it will block anonymous users and Chinese-made mobile phones with the same IMEIs.
The [...]


Over 200 Kunming Internet Cafes Realize Software Legalization

Information from a communication meeting for a cooperation project between Microsoft and Internet cafes in Yunnan province revealed that since the launch of the project in 2009, over 200 Internet cafes in Kunming, capital of Yunnan, have realized software legalization.
The project, according to local media, was jointly launched by Microsoft and Internet cafes in Yunnan [...]


China Sets Up Intellectual Property Right Protection Aid Centers

According to Xinhuanet.com, China’s State Intellectual Property Office has approved the establishment of 61 intellectual [...]


Chinese Court Rules Against ZhenTai In Patent Dispute

ADT Security Services, a Tyco International company, has had its patent lawsuit in China against [...]


Follow-up: Youku.com Sues Sohu.com Over Reputation Assault

Chinese video website Youku.com announced that it has sued Sohu.com at Beijing Haidian People’s Court for Sohu’s infringements of Youku’s copyrights and harming Youku’s reputation.
Prior to this, Sohu.com, along with Joy.cn and Union Voole Technology Company, initiated an anti-piracy alliance aimed at video websites in China. Sohu.com said it would initiate lawsuits against major Chinese [...]


Sohu.com Initiates Chinese Alliance Against Video Websites

Initiated by Sohu.com, Joy.cn, and Union Voole Technology Company, a new anti-piracy alliance that is co-founded by 110 Chinese Internet video copyright owners has been launched in Beijing.
This new anti-piracy alliance released ten slogans that call for Internet video websites’ prevention of the spread of unauthorized video works. The websites are encouraged to block the [...]


China Opens Internet Legal Management Center

China’s first professional academic institution that focuses on the systematic and theoretical research of Internet management and information society law has been started at Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications.
According to Li Yuxiao, director of the Internet Management and Law Research Center, based on an open platform, the institution will organize Chinese and foreign experts [...]


Initiative Launched For Intellectual Property Right Protection

China’s Office of the National Campaign on Anti-prostitution and Anti-delinquency, National Copyright Administration of China and the Society and Law Channel of CCTV have jointly launched an initiative to mark the ninth World Intellectual Property Day, which falls on April 26, 2009.
Millions of Chinese consumers and dozens of mainstream media and portal websites across China [...]


China’s Qidian.com Sets Up CNY200,000 Anti-piracy Fund

China’s literature website Qidian.com has published a notice on its website stating that it will set up a anti-piracy fund and invest CNY200,000 as a first-phase investment.