19 July 2010, Beijing

IPR2 participated in Tsinghua University's Summer Programme on Intellectual Property, held at Tsinghua University Law School as part of a Joint programme with Franklin Pierce and the University of Milan., addressed The students, who come from China, Europe and the United States, heard from Mr Benoit Misonne, IPR2 Project Advisor, on his experience of working in China on intellectual property issues and the role and scope of EU-China co-operation on protecting and enforcing IP rights.

July 2010, Beijing

IPR2 has developed an e-learning module based on training given to hundreds of enforcement officials and companies in China on the various means of enforcing intellectual property in the EU. It is an especially useful reference for right holders who are keen to protect their IPR efficiently and effectively in Europe as well as those who may not be fully informed of the importance of IPR enforcement and what is at stake for a company.

June 2010, Beijing

The IPR2 eNews provides an update for stakeholders on activities and results, publications and up-and-coming events. The issue for June 2010 is now available to download. IPR2 undertook a number of activities in June 2010 – including a training programme, two study tours, a conference, an international seminar, support to the EU-China IP dialogue framework as well as launching a new e-learning module – covering Trademark Law and IP-related aspects of Civil Procedure Law, trademark registration and judicial review, the Chinese trademark system, interface between Competition and IP Law, IP management for local information industry officials, IP-related issues on the protection of software, patent-related issues and developments in Europe and China, enforcement mechanisms in the European Union. Please follow the links in this update for more information about these activities and up and coming events, including IPR2 at the World Expo Shanghai 2010. Your feedback is always welcome at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

 5-12 June 2010, Spain and Germany

With the support of IPR2, 6 officials from the State Administration of Industry and Commerce (SAIC) went on a study tour to Spain, Luxembourg and Germany, to build knowledge on the European trademark system and support an exchange of expertise between Chinese and European officials and judges on emerging trademark registration and judicial review issues. The visit informed China’s decision makers and leaders on trademark registration and protection trends in Europe; and helped to build the technical capacity of all institutions involved handling trademark cases. Tin particular, the detailed exchanges served to review the latest trends in the different policy and production areas of SAIC and the Office for Harmonisation for the Internal Market (OHIM), Europe’s trademark and design office.

10-11 June 2010, Dalian

IPR2 together with the Supreme People’s Court (SPC), the Liaoning High People’s Court and the Dalian Intermediate People’s Court organised a conference and workshop on the interface between Competition and IP Law, involving more than 100 judges from the SPC, Chinese High Courts and Intermediary Courts in different jurisdictions, members of the Patent Re-examination Board, academia and companies. By sharing European best practice and experience on the development of its legislative framework in enforcing competition and IP laws, the conference helped to support the Chinese judiciary with their adjudication and judicial interpretation work.