In a move that suggests China is becoming serious about intellectual property rights Fujian Xiapu County Court recently issued a landmark criminal conviction and heavy penalties against the Xiapu Huafeng Factory after finding the factory and its legal representative guilty of counterfeiting Honeywell's "Bendix" trademark as well as brands of several other international companies.

Shenzhen Hexinyu Technology Company has notified consumers and retailers that certain 18650 Li-ion battery chargers model HXY-0422000A have been identified as bearing a counterfeit UL Mark for the United States and Canada.

German police disclosed that they had conducted a check on exhibitors at CeBIT held in Hannover, Germany and confiscated dozens of boxes of mobile phones, navigation instruments and other devices from Chinese businesses suspected of patent infringements.

The results have been announced of an ongoing international enforcement initiative between the United States and Canada that targets the illegal distribution of counterfeit network hardware manufactured in China.

China has made a new steps in enterprise software legitimacy with up to 1500 large enterprises having completed their software legitimacy audits and another 1300 having been included into a list of the first batch of enterprises that have completed the general software legitimacy work.