China

To explore digital copyright themes, on December 18 IP Key China and South China University of Technology (SCUT) hosted an IP Café on their campus in Guangzhou. The event primarily looked at copyright in relation to the video games industry as well as explored related issues in the digital environment such as licensing, piracy and cloning. Please download the agenda for detailed information.

From 25 November to 4 December 2018, IP Key China travelled with a DDG delegation from China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC), Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Nanjing IP Courts, for judicial exchanges in Brussels, Luxembourg and Munich.

22 November marked a new stage in the development of the EU-China IP Academic Network (EUCIPAN), an initiative of IP Key China to support exchange between EU and Chinese universities specialising in intellectual property. The Third EU-China IP Academic Forum, hosted by Fudan University Law School, brought together over a hundred professors, researchers and students to join the discussions and shape the future of IP research cooperation.

On the margins of the Academic Forum, an IP Café dedicated to the Legal Protection of AI-generated Works sparked stimulating discussions on how the IP legal framework shall adapt to an area where distinguishing between human and computer created works are increasingly challenging. To download the agenda, please click here.

IP Key China cooperated with CAASA (China Anti-infringement and Anti-counterfeiting Innovation Strategic Alliance) in the organisation of the 2018 EU-China Conference on IPR Protection Online and Innovation, which took place at  Xiamen International Conference Centre (Fujian province) between 3-5 November 2018.

From 11-14 December, IP Key China, in partnership with DG TAXUD and the General Administration of Customs of China, organised a visit of a delegation of Chinese customs representatives to the European Union. During their visits to airports and seaports in Italy and The Netherlands, the EU and Chinese customs officers exchanged knowledge and experience on practical cooperation on IPR enforcement.

At a time where management/licensing of rights and copyright commercialization is dramatically transformed by the development of digital marketplaces and disruptive technologies, the European Commission and the National Copyright Administration of China (NCAC), with the technical support of IP Key China, partnered in the organisation of a two-day event addressed at China’s copyright public and private sectors, to take place in Guangzhou (Guangdong, China) on December 17-18, 2018.

On 25 November to 4 December 2018, IP Key China travelled with a delegation from the Supreme People’s Court (SPC) and IP courts in China, for judicial exchanges in Brussels, Luxembourg and Munich. During the visits, the Chinese delegates met with top officials and judges from the European Commission, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) of the EU and the European Patent Office. The delegation had an opportunity to discuss judicial and legislative mechanisms including court procedure, usage of technology and solutions to the growing number of IP cases in the EU and China.