1 Beijing

Japanese animations on new website

In an effort to fight piracy, the Chinese government plans to purchase the rights to Japanese animations and offer them on a new video portal, Kyodo News Service reported on Feb 17.

A copyright protection center managed by the China National Copyright Administration is in charge of negotiations with Japanese copyright owners and building the video website, which is scheduled to begin operations this summer.

China also plans to establish similar arrangements with copyright owners in the United States and South Korea.

HUANQIU.COM

2 Zhejiang

No final decision on 'iPhone' lamp

The State Trademark Office has delayed a final decision on an application to register the name iPhone as a lamp trademark after an objection was filed by Apple Inc on the last day of public review in Yiwu.

Xu Jie, head of a local trademark agency, was commissioned to file an application in the electric lamp and flashlights category, one in which the name has not been registered.

In its objection, Apple asked the STO to grant well-known trademark status to the name iPhone, which would give it cross-category protection.

Oriental Morning Post

3 Jiangsu

Fabric, LED among gold prize winners

Gold prize winners in the Jiangsu Patent Awards were recently unveiled, with each awarded 80,000 yuan ($12,700).

Winning entries include a waterproof and wrinkle-free fabric and a LED surgical lamp that also won a design prize in Germany last year.

Local authorities said they want a 40 percent increase in patent approvals to rank Jiangsu second among provincial economies.

JSCHINA.COM.CN

4 Shanxi

Coal groups spent 9b yuan on R&D

State-owned coal groups in Shanxi province spent more than 9 billion yuan last year on R&D that resulted in three invention patents for Datong Coal Mine Group and 12 for Jincheng Anthracite Mining Group.

The province's large coal groups have also forged scientific relationships with more than 80 colleges and research institutes nationwide to sharpen their technological edge.

SHANXI DAILY

5 Hunan

Policy support for student inventions

The Huaihua Intellectual Property Office has begun a policy to help 50 local companies become leaders in intellectual property over the coming five years.

Each company will receive 40,000 yuan to improve IP conditions and management systems.

The office will also give monetary awards to primary and middle school students who file patents.

HUNAN.GOV.CN

6 Yunnan

Aluminum alloy line begins production

China's first self-developed high-strength aluminum alloy round bar production line recently entered service after almost five years of development.

Yunnan Aluminum Co Ltd said the operation can produce 40,000 tons of aluminum alloy annually that will greatly reduce China's dependence on imported products.

The line uses Italian casting and rolling technologies that the company acquired and improved through its own innovations.

YUNNAN DAILY

(China Daily 02/22/2012 page17)