1. Liaoning
Medical market crackdown
Intellectual property authorities and the food and drug administration in Dalian recently launched a quality assurance campaign in the medicine and medical equipment market. Enforcement officials investigated 980 types of medicines, health products and equipment, finding more than 20 items with legal problems including improper use of patent information and unclear legal status.
liaoning.nen.com.cn
2. Beijing
Rubber duck destroyed
After the Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman's giant rubber duck ended its tour at the Summer Palace in Beijing last Sunday, it was cut into pieces by 20 park workers to protect the designer's intellectual property rights. The famous duck attracted millions of visitors and brought about 200 million yuan ($32.8 million) in tourist income during its six-week stay in Beijing.
Beijing Youth Daily
3. Sichuan
Illegal children's books
Following a survey of the market of publications for children, culture and press authorities in Luzhou city seized 3,300 illegal publications including pirated reference books. During the campaign, 360 enforcement officials investigated in 206 local publishers and more than 80 printers. Two companies were fined 10,000 yuan each for copyright piracy. Three printers received warnings and another was shut down.
Ccdy.cn
4. Chongqing
Overseas patent applications
Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications recently signed a cooperative agreement with a Beijing intellectual property agency to increase the number of overseas patent applications from the university. According to the agreement, the IP agency will also be responsible for the authorization and sale of the university's patents overseas.
People's Daily
5. Jiangsu
Top-three rank in IP
The province ranks second in the nation in an index recently released in Beijing measuring comprehensive intellectual property capacity, according to the provincial intellectual property office. It is the first time the province joined the top three on the list. Beijing and Shanghai rank first and third..
People's Daily
6. Taiwan
5G telephony standards
During the 10th forum on cross-Straits IT industry standards held last week, experts from the Chinese mainland and Taiwan agreed to work together on research into the fifth-generation telecommunication standards. Industry insiders from both sides also signed agreements on making or improving standards on a wide range of technologies including the cloud computing, lithium batteries, LED lighting, mobile Internet and photovoltaic power systems.
Gov.cn
(China Daily 10/30/2013 page17)
