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news & information...
April & May 2012 - China IPR SME Helpdesk Upcoming Training Events and Webinars
19 April, Beijing, China: One-on-one consultation sessions
24 April, Guangzhou, China: Protecting your IP during trade fairs in China
25 April, Madrid, Spain: Technology Transfer to China
26 April, WEBINAR: Protect your IP when conducting R&D in China
15 May, Beijing, China: Briefing for Scandinavian SMEs
16 May, Suzhou, China: How to enforce your intellectual property rights in China
17 May, Dublin, Ireland: Doing business in Chinese second-tier cities
23 May, Helsinki, Finland: Annual FinNode China conference 2012
24 May, Oulu, Finland: Annual FinNode China conference 2012
October 2011 - counterfeit drugs targeted by technology in India
The Indian Government launches campaign against counterfeit medicines using the latest cloud-based authentication technologies. To see the full story click here.
April 2010 - HMRC introduces simplified procedures for protecting IPR
Statutory Instrument (SI) 2010 No.992 which came into effect on 16 April 2010 fully implements a significant simplification of the procedures to be adopted by rights holders where goods infringing their intellectual property rights (IPR) are intercepted by Customs at the frontier.
The simplified procedures allow Customs to destroy infringing goods without reference to the Courts in circumstances where:
- The right holder has a valid application for Customs protection of their right(s) in place;
- The right holder has provided Customs with the written agreement of the declarant, the holder or the owner of the goods (the ‘interested parties’) that the goods may be destroyed;
- None of the interested parties has specifically opposed the destruction of the goods within the specified period (normally 10 working days from the date on which Customs notified the right holder of the detention of the goods).
The new procedures will benefit rights holders by removing the requirement for them to initiate Court proceedings in respect of each violation. While rights holders will be required to seek the agreement of the interested parties to the destruction of the goods, this will be presumed to have been given unless one of the interested parties specifically opposes destruction within the specified period. This latter provision is particularly useful in cases where the interested parties cannot be traced or fail to respond to the request for their agreement to destruction.
Further information and advice can be obtained from tlongley@erinyes.co.uk.
January 2010 - ERINYES expands team for Market Enforcement Program
ERINYES has recently expanded its team of field researchers in the UK to cover London and the South East, the Midlands and the North of England.
They will be assisting our regional ‘Market Enforcement Program Managers’ in identifying retailers and traders involved in the sale of counterfeit and illicit goods.
August 2009 - Featured Publication “The Helpdesk Guide to Customs” (issued by China IPR SME Helpdesk)
'The Helpdesk Guide to Customs' takes a look at how European businesses can work with Chinese customs to protect their Intellectual Property Rights. The guide explains how to register your IPR with Customs, how to initiate customs enforcement proceedings, and how the latest customs regulations affect businesses.
Click here to download a copy of the guide and go to CHINA IPR for further information about the China IPR SME Helpdesk.
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