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#007    October 28, 2016
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Cover Story
How Social Media is Fueling IP Monetization in China
Jili Chung
This August The New York Times featured a prominent story on WeChat. The profile described how WeChat has changed people’s everyday life in China, and set out a new profit...More >>


Feature
Intellectual Property Courts in Taiwan and China
Conor Stuart/IP Observer Reporter
Winona Chen, a lawyer with Taiwan-based law firm Lee and Li Attorneys at Law gave a presentation at a recent conference outlining the main differences between the Intellectual Property Courts established in China at the end of 2014, and the ....More >>
Opportunities and Challenges: Taiwan's New Southbound Policy
Conor Stuart/IP Observer Reporter
One of President Tsai Ing-wen’s main platforms in her election was the “New Southbound Policy”, part of her objective to diversify Taiwan’s trade away from China. Given that Taiwan first launched a southbound policy in 1990, however, what is new....More >>
Taiwan Intellectual Property Office Sees High E-Document Uptake
Conor Stuart/IP Observer Reporter
The Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) has been issuing more and more of its documents electronically since it kicked off e-document services in January of 2014, with 64.82% of trademark and patent documents sent to patent agents electronically in...More >>

Opinion
Bad Influences
Mana

IP News in Brief
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JPO and KIPO Commissioners Strengthen Global IP Ties at 56th WIPO Assembly Meetings

BRICS IP Heads Meet for Geneva Summit

Nichia Sues HTC for Infringement of White-Light LED Patent

Cathay Financial Holdings Teams Up with Taiwan University to Launch ‘FinTech Scholarship’

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