Category Archives: Trade Secret

State Intellectual Property Office Actually Only Be in Charge of Patent Matters in China

The Introduction to the IPR Administrations in China

We find that it remains unclear to most foreign friends that the division among the administrations managing IPR in China. Actually, it also puzzles local people for it’s hardly to judge the specific function of the administration from its name, for example, the State Intellectual Property Office is in charge of patent management, the industry and commerce administration for trademark, and the Copy Right Office, the managing organ for copyright, is also known as the administration of press and publication. (the image above is the logo of the administrations mentioned in this post)

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Why You should Trust Chinese Courts in Trade Secret Infringement Cases？

—Introduction to the Security Measures by the Courts in China

Recently, a judge from the Shanghai No.2 Intermediate People’s Court has published an article (in Chinese) Trial Experiences in Trade secret Infringement Cases (the article), and the Bridge IP Law Commentary has already introduce how to apply for evidence preservation in trade secret infringement cases in China. Today we would like to continuously introduce another part of the Article relating the security measures taken by the people’s courts in preventing the parties concerned in the proceeding from discourse of trade secrets.

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How to Protect the Angry Birds Brand in China?

——It is important to get a localized trademark application program.

The China Industry and Commerce News reported that the developer of the game Angry Birds, ROVIO MOBILE OY (ROVIO) hasn’t yet applied for any Chinese trademark such as “愤怒的小鸟” of the trademark “ANGRY BIRDS”, but only has applied the trademark “ANGRY BIRDS” and the figure trademark of a angry birds for international extension on the No. 9、16、28、41 classifications of goods and services. Therefore, ROVIO company will face great challenges on trademark protection of “ANGRY BIRDS “in China. Bridge IP Lawyer Commentary would aware the foreign enterprises and individuals who want to apply for trademark registration in China of the following two aspects.

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The Officer of U.S. Consulate Visited Bridge IP Law Commentary

On 20th December, Mr. Steven Duke （杜史文）, Vice Consul of U.S.A, visited DeBund Law Offices/Bridge IP Law Commentary for the survey on the IPR protection in China.

On the meeting with the Consul, Mr. You Yunting introduced the IPR protection in China and replied the questions interested by the visitor, which mainly include the national treatment of foreign companies in IPR dispute settlement, the destroy of knockoff model through judicial way, the copyright of video-sharing programs, the transaction and transfer of patent, the protection of trade secret and the development of IPR judge and lawyers in China.

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