BEIJING - The State Intellectual Property Office of P. R. China and the Trademark Office under the State Administration for Industry and Commerce of the P. R. China will be closed from February 13, 2010 to February 19, 2010.

GENEVA - A workshop hosted by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) from February 2 to 5, 2010, brought together over 180 persons from some 32 organizations to promote awareness about accessibility for people with disabilities and to encourage webmasters within the United Nations system and other organizations to implement principles of accessibility in their daily work.

HONG KONG—Chinese authors are considering a lawsuit against Internet giant Google as a group representing writers’ interests works through a list of more than 10,000 pieces of writing that may have been posted on its online library without permission.

LOS ANGELES, California, U.S. and HONG KONG (February 8, 2010) – National Trademark Investigations, a California-based provider of professional investigative services for trademark professionals and brand owners in the United States, and I-OnAsia Ltd., a full service global investigations and security consultancy based in Hong Kong, today announced a strategic alliance through which the two organizations will provide aligned services to track and combat counterfeiting and intellectual property infringement worldwide.