The creativity of theft
Ron ColemanSarah Burstein, by way of Julie Zerbo, or is it the other way around? An appropriate question: This design squatting (I don't know what else to call it) is astounding…
IP rights in China: Still inscrutable
Michael Atkins has some highlights from a presentation given last week on enforcing intellectual property rights in China by Professor Zhang Guangliang at the King County (Washington) Bar Association over…
Branding in the “Wild East”
Paul JonesChina beguiles. If it’s not one thing with those guys, it’s another. If it’s not fake Apple stores, it’s fake IKEA stores: It seems that Kunming in the southwest corner…
Olympian irony
Ron ColemanChina, faced with loss of revenues from the sale of “unauthorized” Olympics merchandise in connection with its “Berlin for the 21st Century” games, has suddenly developed a taste for IP…
When Fakery Turns Fatal
The New York Times reports about an aspect of trademark enforcement which, among the disputes over rent-seeking and IP overreach, is often forgotten: The value of trademarks as a guarantor…
Best of 2007: Ideological purity
First posted on January 24, 2007. Yahoo News: Chinese Communist Party chief Hu Jintao has vowed to “purify” the Internet, state media reported on Wednesday, describing a top-level meeting that…
Ideological purity
Ron ColemanYahoo News: Chinese Communist Party chief Hu Jintao has vowed to “purify” the Internet, state media reported on Wednesday, describing a top-level meeting that discussed ways to master the countrys…
China’s feelings hurt
We’ve been following the domestic story of when trademarks hurt. (And get ready for this one, homey!) But we’re not the only sensitive ones out there, even if those sophisticated…
Obeying Orders – Yahoo! in China
Via Instapundit, a point we blogged about a week or two ago — some detail on the other side of the argument in the Washington Post: Questioned about decision at…