13/06/2014

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Adopted Legislation [3][1]Detailed rules for news publication related administrative penalties to come into force in June

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SIPO launches special campaign on e-commerce patent law enforcement and rights protection[3]

SAIC issues the Trademark Review and Adjudication Rules
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Adopted Legislation[1]

Detailed rules for news publication related administrative penalties to come into force inJune[Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council ]...State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (SAPPRFT) released on May
13 the Detailed Implementing Rules on News Publication (Copyright) Administrative Law
Enforcement Departments' Disclosing Information of Administrative Penalty Cases Involving
Production and Sale of Counterfeiting and Shoddy Products and Intellectual Property Right
Infringement (Trial) (hereinafter referred to as the "Detailed Rules"), which will come into force onJune 1, 2014.
According to the Detailed Rules, news publication (copyright) administrative law enforcement
departments should publish case information through the government affair website or through otherpublic media such as bulletin boards, press conference, newspapers, periodicals, radio or TV. News
publication (copyright) administrative law enforcement departments should disclose the full text of theadministrative penalty decisions. It is also pointed out that case information involving trade secrets orpersonal privacy of natural persons such as domicile, portrait, telephone number, financial status can bedisclosed subject to the approval of the relevant right owner. If the right owner agrees on the disclosure
thereof or the news publication (copyright) administrative law enforcement department believes
non-disclosure thereof will cause major impact on public interest, such information should be disclosed
and the right owner should be notified of the reasons.
It is made clear that news publication (copyright) administrative law enforcement department should
disclose relevant case information within 20 working days after the administrative penalty decision ismade and report the same to superior authority. If case information involves national secret, state
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politics, economic safety or will affect social stability, and the news publication (copyright)
administrative law enforcement department decides not to disclose relevant information, reasonsshould be stated and be reported to superior authority for approval.

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SIPO launches special campaign on e-commerce patent law enforcement and rights

protection[State Intellectual Property Office]...On May 15, State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) printed and distributed the Work Plan onSpecial Campaign of Patent Law Enforcement and Rights Protection of E-Commerce Field (Guo Zhi
Ban Fa Guan Zi [2014] No. 25, hereinafter referred to as the "Plan"). The Plan consists of five parts,
setting forth specific provisions on the work objectives, division of work, way of work, requirements,and schedule. According to the Plan, SIPO, local intellectual property offices and all rights protection
centers should well define and divide their duties and responsibilities, and form a national networkfeaturing explicit responsibilities, prominent pertinence and coordinated interconnection. The Plan
prescribed the ways to deal with infringement acts under four circumstances: (1) deleting or screening
immediately the links of infringing products if the infringement is obvious; (2) deleting or screening thelinks of infringing products as soon as possible in reference to the infringement judgment consulting
opinions, if the patent infringements are of a relatively complex nature; (3) deleting or screening thelinks of infringing products in a timely manner based on the written reconciliation or handling decision,
if the patent infringement cases are of a complex nature; and (4) investigating and punishing patentcounterfeiting acts in e-commerce field. The Plan requires all local intellectual property offices andrights protection centers to effectively fulfill responsibilities, grant more support and incentives,enhance innovation and cooperation, strengthen supervision and inspection, and reinforce promotionand education. The special campaign will be launched from June to November.

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SAIC issues the Trademark Review and Adjudication Rules[State Administration for Industry and Commerce]...On May 28, the amended Trademark Review and Adjudication Rules (Decree No. 65 of State
Administration for Industry and Commerce, hereinafter referred to as the "Rules") was released, which
will come into force on June 1, 2014.
The Rules defined the different types of trademark review and adjudication cases, differentiated theprocedure of invalidation announcement review and review cancellation procedure, and clarified theadjudication scope of review cases on non-registration. The time limit for supplementing or correcting
documents is shortened to 15 days, and the time limit for supplementing evidence is shortened to 30days. Provisions were added that documents may be submitted or served through data messages.
According to the provisions of the Implementing Regulations on the Trademark Law (Revision Draft)(Draft for Review), "open review and adjudication" is revised to "oral hearing".
The Rules also fine-tuned the relevant review and adjudication procedures: (1) clarified the cases thatcan be adjudicated by a single trademark review and adjudication officer; (2) clarified the way tocorrect non-substantive errors; (3) added relevant provisions on re-hearing of court rulings, making it
clear that a collegial panel should be formed anew to conduct re-hearing, during which new evidence
submitted by the parties can be admitted. In order to further regulate evidence admittance, the Rules
prescribed that evidence not exchanged and cross-examined shall not be admitted.
According to the Rules, if the party to the case applies to the Trademark Review and Adjudication
Board for review of a decision on rejecting a trademark registration application, or a ruling on certain
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objections, prior to the implementation of new Trademark Law, and the Trademark Review andAdjudication Board hears the case after the implementation of the new Trademark Law, except forsubject qualification of review cases on objection, other procedural issues and substantive issues should
be governed by the new Trademark Law. With regard to cases on invalidation announcement,invalidation announcement review cases, or review cancellation cases that are accepted by theTrademark Review and Adjudication Board prior to the implementation of the new Trademark Law but
are heard after the implementation thereof, the new Trademark Law should apply to the procedural
issues while the old Trademark Law should apply to the subject qualification issue. With regard totrademark review cases accepted prior to the implementation of the new Trademark Law, the time limit
for adjudication should be calculated from May 1, 2014.

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