1. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ISSUES IN
CHINA
Hinako Osumi

2. INDEX
 Introduction: What is Intellectual Property?
 Current Situation World Wide
 Situation in China
 Famous Cases Regarding the Issue
 Possible Ways to Solve the Issue

3. WHAT IS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY(IP)?
 According to World Intellectual Property
Organization (WIPO), IP refers to creations of the
mind: inventions, literary and artistic works, and
symbols, names, images, and designs used in
commerce
 IP is divided into two categories: Industrial property
and Copyright
 Example of Industrial Property:
inventions, trademarks, industrial designs, etc…
 Examples of Copyright: literary and artistic works
such as music, film, novel, etc…

4. INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY
Ferrari logo: Trademark
Design: Industrial Design
Patent: run-flat tire

5. CURRENT SITUATION WORLD WIDE
 Legal issues regarding intellectual property is
happening all over the world
 Most of cases are happening in India and China
 Organizations such as WIPO, IPO (Intellectual
Property Owners Association), OAPI (African
Intellectual Property Organization), and AIPLA
(American Intellectual Property Law Association)
are established to reduce the number of lawsuits
regarding IP problems

6. SITUATION IN CHINA
 The situation in China regarding the issue is very
severe
 Although there are several IP laws present in
China, they are not properly enforced by the
government
 Examples of things that violates IP laws in China:
DVD, CD, books, electronic devices including
iPods, mp3s, TVs, etc…

7. FAMOUS IP CASES
 Google Trademark Keywords
 Amazon’s 1-Click Patent
 Napster
 Bratz Doll Vs. Barbie
 The Da Vinci Code Case

8. IPAD TRADEMARK DISPUTE IN CHINA
 Apple’s long-running dispute over the iPad
trademark in China
 Proview Technology, a struggling Taiwanese-owned
electronics company, is asking the customs
administration to seize iPads passing through
Chinese ports for import or export, its lawyer said
 On 24th April 2012, Chinese high court announced
that the trademark iPad registered by the
Taiwanese company is legal and therefore
acceptable

9. POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS FOR IP ISSUES
 Improving old IP laws
 Re-enforcing IP laws
 Establish new IP organization which watches
violation of IP laws
 Punishing companies which violated IP laws

10. REFERENCES
 http://www.wipo.int/about-ip/en/
 http://www.freewebs.com/hatenagenerationxwrestli
ng/apps/photos/photo?photoid=137796113
 http://www.glittergraphics.org/graphics/thank-you/
 http://www.legalzoom.com/intellectual-property-
rights/intellectual-property-basics/top-5-intellectual-
property-disputes
 http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/b21c9c64-570a-11e1-
be25-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1t2xo3GuV
 http://www.nikkei.com/news/headline/article/g=9695
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