10/02/2014

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Adopted Legislation [1][1] The Provisions on the Administration of National Standards Related Patents (Interim)
became effective

Statistics [1][1]Music copyright royalties reached RMB 112 mn in 2013

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Adopted Legislation[1]

The Provisions on the Administration of National Standards Related Patents (Interim)

became effective[State Intellectual Property Office ]...The Provisions on the Administration of National Standards Related Patents (Interim) jointed
formulated by the Standardization Administration of the People's Republic of China (SAC), and StateIntellectual Property Office (SIPO) became effective recently. The Provisions for the first timestandardizes issues regarding national standards related patent, including the disclosure of patent
information, patent license, special provisions on compulsory national standards related patents, etc.
In terms of patent information disclosure, it is prescribed that at whatever stage of national standards
amendment, organizations or individuals that participate in standard formulation or amendment should,
as early as possible, disclose the necessary patents they own or know to the relevant National
Standardization Technical Committee or competent organization, and provide relevant patent
information or corresponding certification materials, and be responsible for the authenticity of thecertification materials. It is also clarified in the Provisions that patent right owners or patent applicantsshould make patent license declaration that they agree to, on the basis of fairness, reasonableness, andnondiscrimination, license any organization or individual to implement their patents in applying the1/3

concerned national standards either free of charge or by imposing certain charges, or may also disagree
to patent license according to the two ways mentioned above. Without the declaration of patent rightowners or patent applicants on consent to license, the national standards should not cover clauses on theconcerned patents, unless the standards are compulsory national standards. It is also mentioned in theProvisions that generally compulsory national standards do not involve patents, or if they do relate topatents but patent right owners or patent applicants refuse to make the abovementioned declarations,
the SAC, SIPO or other relevant departments should negotiate with the patent right owners or patentapplicants on the handling measures. According to the Provisions, before the compulsory nationalstandards that are or may be related to patents are approved to be released, the SAC should announcethe full text of the standards and the known patent information to the public for a period of 30 days. The
period of public notice may be extended to 60 days upon application, during which any organization orindividual may notify the SAC of the other patent information they know of in writing.
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Statistics[1]

Music copyright royalties reached RMB 112 mn in 2013

[National Copyright Administration]...Reporters learnt from Music Copyright Society of China (MCSC) on January 21 that MCSC has
received RMB 112 mn music copyright royalties, 82.23% of which has been distributed to copyrightowners. It is learnt that the music copyright royalties in 2013 mainly came from industries such as theInternet, publication, broadcasting, aviation, hotels, retailing, restaurant and catering, and entertainment.
Of the RMB 112 mn royalties, the income from performance right license, broadcasting right license,and new media license reached RMB 52.82 mn, RMB 34.74 mn, and RMB 14.12 mn, respectively
accounting for 47.16%, 31%, and 12.61% of the total. Income from reproduction right license only
totaled RMB 5.1 mn, while income from overseas license amounted to RMB 5 mn.
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News[1] Funshion in copyright dispute with Jiangsu TV[National Copyright Administration]...On January 21, video website Funshion held a press briefing, saying that the TV program
broadcasting agreement it signed with Jiangsu TV has been "maliciously terminated" by Jiangsu TV.
Earlier on January 14, Jiangsu TV claimed that "Funshion's act of broadcasting certain entertainment
TV programs of Jiangsu TV has constituted piracy and infringement", accusing Funshion of infringing
its legitimate rights and interests.
According to Yu Qingzhou, vice-president of Funshion, Funshipn has signed the Film and TV Program
Information Network Broadcasting Right License Contract with Changjianglong Company (new mediacompany under Jiangsu Provincial Radio and TV station), thereby obtained the non-exclusive right touse all TV programs of Jiangsu TV between August 1, 2013 and July 31, 2014, including but not limited
to its hot entertainment programs. At the end of 2013, Jiangsu TV required to terminate the said
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agreement after it has reached agreement on exclusive broadcasting right license with PPTV. Jiangsu
TV was of the opinion that Funshion had failed to perform the contract well, while Funshion believed
Changjianglong did not have the right to grant exclusive license for the programs of Jiangsu TV before
it has terminated the agreement with Funshion, and such an exclusive copyright cooperation reachedwith PPTV has infringed the non-exclusive right of Funshion to the programs of Jiangsu TV andtherefore should be invalid. Yu Qingzhou revealed that Funshion has filed a lawsuit against
Changjianglong, requiring the latter to continue the performance of the contract. Wan Rong, Director ofJiangsu TV, commented that the contract between the two parties has been terminated, and Funshion
will commit infringement if it continues to use any program of Jiangsu TV. Changjianglong has also
filed an action against Funshion.

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