Beijing

Police net 20,000 suspects

Police investigated 16,000 intellectual property cases and caught more than 20,000 suspects nationwide in the first nine months of the year, Cai Haotao, deputy director of a national anti-infringement office, announced at a press conference on Friday. For its part, the administrative enforcement system dealt with 112,700 infringements and closed more than 1,900 sales and production sites for fake products across the country.

Chinanews.com

Formulating laws on e-commerce

The State Intellectual Property Office is working on legislation to govern patent protection in e-commerce, said Lei Xiaoyun, deputy director of SIPO's patent administration department, at a press conference last week. "We are doing a lot of theoretical and practical studies to strengthen the environment and capacity of online patent protection," Lei said. This year SIPO carried out a special campaign to fight infringements in the sector and handled more than 2,700 related cases.

21st Century Business Herald

Shandong

Dedicated IP circuit court

The Qingdao Intermediate People's Court recently set up a dedicated IP circuit court in the city's Sino-German Ecopark, first of its kind in the province. The court is responsible for the first trial of cases related to patents, new plant varieties, integrated circuit designs, technological secrets and computer software. It will also provide "quick channels" for preliminary injunctions and evidence preservation.

Legal Daily

Taiwan

Cross-Straits IT standards

Experts at a forum on the IT industry and technical standards that opened in Taipei on Friday said industries across the Taiwan Straits need to cooperate on intellectual property and formulate common industrial standards amid challenges posed by the uncertain global economy. The meeting called for more cooperation and exchanges in 5G technologies. The mainland and Taiwan will expand collaboration into such sectors as payment using smartphones and digital medical services, said leaders at the forum.

Xinhuanet.com

Hong Kong

'Business of Design Week'

Business of Design Week 2014 will be held from Dec 1 to 6 in conjunction with Sweden as a partner country. The event will invite prominent design masters, brand experts and business leaders from around the world to a number of forums and exhibitions with the theme "living design". Organized by the non-governmental Hong Kong Design Center, it has been Asia's leading annual event on design, innovation and brands since 2002.

China Daily

Zhejiang

Online patent exchange portal

In the latest move toward an innovation-driven economy, Ningbo launched an online patent exchange portal last week to help share information between companies and patent owners, said Hong Jiqing, head of the province's intellectual property office. The portal also provides patent exhibitions, matchmaking, financing and patent evaluation.

China IP magazine

Guangdong

55,000 fake watches seized

Police arrested three suspects for production of fake watches in Dongguan and seized more than 55,000 timepieces at their factory with unauthorized labels such as Radar and Citizen. The haul had a combined potential retail value of more than 100 million yuan ($16.3 million). The suspects said the factory was registered in 2005 to produce the watch faces and started to make counterfeits in 2011.

Guangzhou Daily

Fujian

Joint startup incubation center

An intellectual property incubation center was unveiled recently at Xiamen University, a joint effort by the school's tech park and the Xiamen IP Office. The office is funding the project, extending financial support to companies with patented technologies and offering information and management services as well as legal aid, while the university is offering its technological expertise to help tech startups grow.

Xiamen Daily