Chinas National Intellectual Property Strategy Outline promulgated in 2008 proposed to improve the trial system for intellectual property and optimize the allocation of judicial resources. Driven by this vision, China has been exploring the specialization

Since the advent of mobile era, smartphones have become an indispensable part of our daily life. Statistics show that Chinese people rank the second in the world, in terms of the amount of time spent on mobile phones, with an average of three hours per da

On November 4, 2017, Order no. 77 of President Xi Jinping was issued to promulgate the revised Anti-Unfair Competition Law of China adopted at the 30th Session of the Standing Committee of the Twelfth National People's Congress of China. On January 1, 201

Beijing Higher Peoples Court issued the Regulations on Adjusting Beijing Courts Jurisdiction over Intellectual Property Civil Cases to further define the scope of jurisdiction of Beijing courts over civil cases concerning intellectual property. The Regula

According to a recent report, Beijing Intellectual Property Court went on increasing the amount of compensation for intellectual property right infringement. The average amount of compensation for infringement of a patent is CNY1,410,000, the average amou

On September 28th, Ministry of Commerce held a press conference to introduce the Report on the Latest Development in IPR Protection and Business Environment in China. The Report was published by Office of the National Leading Group on the Fight Against IP

The intellectual property right we mentioned below generally refers to trademark, patent (design is protected under Patent Law in China) and copyright, for which a certificate of right can be applied. First, a valid IP right is usually the first step to s

Trade secrets differ from trademarks and patents in that neither ownership certificates nor confirmation of their protection scope can be obtained for them. As such, with respect to civil disputes, the key focus should be on determining whether the trade

Chinese courts have witnessed an increasing number of network-related IP cases over the past years. According to the latest statistics, in Beijing, the capital and hub of the IP practice of China, network-related cases consisting of three categories, name

When preparing to come to China for an exhibition, trade fair or convention, it is very much to your advantage to file an on-the-spot complaint for intellectual property infringement during the exhibition. In this way, your goal to deter and stop infringe