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2019-01-14

WIPO Report: Both Chinese and Oversea Companies Potent in Patenting in China

Both Chinese and foreign company are aggressively filing patent applications in China in a bid to take advantage of IP protection and promote commercialization of their IPRs, according to the World Intellectual Property Indicator (WIPI) issued by the Worl

2019-01-02

SPC's Specilized IP Appellate Tribunal Opens in Beijing

China's top court opened its specilized Intellectual Property Tribunal in Beijing on January 1, 2019, as a new step to effectively safeguard IP rights. The new tribunal, a subdivision of the Supreme People's Court, has been set up in the capital's Fengtai

2018-12-17

Sanctions Targeted Serious Breach of Trust in Patent Field

Those devoid of credibility will be severely punished. Recently, 38 central government agencies including the National Development and Reform Commission jointly issued the Memorandum of Cooperation on Joint Punishment on Seriously Dishonest Parties in the

2018-12-03

Newly Revised Regulations of Patent Agency Released

With Chinese Premier Li Keqiang putting his name on the dotted line of a State Council order, the newly revised Regulations of Patent Agency is officially announced to the public and will be in force from March 1, 2019. The outgoing version of the Regulat

2018-11-19

China Releases over 100 Specific Measures to Ensure IP Powerhouse Building Go Full-Steamed Ahead

Promotion Plan for the Implementation of the National Intellectual Property Strategy and Acceleration of Building an IP Powerhouse in 2018 (Promotion Plan) was approved for issuance by the Inter-Agency Council for Implementation of IP Strategy of the Stat

2018-11-12

China Spent $28.7b on IP Imports in 2017

China spent $28.7 billion for the use of imported intellectual property last year, official data showed on Nov 6. The figure was up by nearly 14-fold from 2001, when the country joined the World Trade Organization, said the Report on China's Services Impo

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