Volume IV

Issue : 18: November 2, 2006

• Decision Assigns Copyright Law to Ringtones
• WIPO Report Shows Sharp Increase in Patent Filings in China
• YouTube Removes 30,000 Video Files on Japanese Entertainment Industry Demand
• ".asia" Domain Set to Go
• U.S. District Court Rules Limitations Period Applies to Web Based Libel
• Competitor Sues ATI for Patent Infringement
• Online Drugstore Shuts Down Over Potential Conflict of Interest
• Quebec Suspends Use of E-Voting Machines

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WIPO Report Shows Sharp Increase in Patent Filings in China

A recent report released by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) indicates that patent filings in China have increased by more than six times in the ten year period ending in 2004. As a result, China now stands in fifth place among the world leaders for total number of patents filed, after Japan, the United States, the European Patent Office and South Korea. The WIPO report states that patent statistics are increasingly recognized as useful indicators of inventive activity and of technology flows. The report also recognizes a general shift in the distribution of patent filings worldwide, as South Korea and China are becoming major industrial economies.

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