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2017-05-16

Beijing Court Sees Surge in Unfair Competition Cases

Disputes involving unfair competition on the internet have risen sharply, creating new challenges for judges, a Beijing court said on Monday. Haidian District People's Court said the number of intellectual property cases it handles has increased on averag

2017-05-08

Development of IP Work in China in 2016 Delivered

In 2016, administrative law enforcement cases for patent, trademark reached 49,000 and 32,000, up by 36.5% and 3.4%. Companies secured a total loan of 111.96 billion yuan by pledging their patent, trademark and copyright, up 20.17%, sources from the press

2017-05-02

Chinese People Show Growing Satisfaction to IPR Protection in 2016

Chinese people were more satisfied with intellectual property rights (IPR) protection in 2016, according to a survey released on Wednesday. Satisfaction to IPR protection rated 72.38 (out of 100), said the report issued by the Patent Protection Associatio

2017-04-21

Beijing Higher People's Court Revises the Guidelines for Determining Patent Infringement

On April 20, 2017 the Beijing Higher People's Court released the newly revised Guidelines for Determining Patent Infringement. The Guidelines were originally issued in 2013. This time it was revised based on the trial work experience of the court system i

2017-04-17

2017 National Intellectual Property Publicity Week to Start on April 20

Recently, the National Intellectual Property Publicity Week Organizing Committee of China announced its decision to launch this year's National Intellectual Property Publicity Week from April 20 to April 26, 2017, under the theme innovation and creation c

2017-04-10

147,000 IPR Cases in the First-instance Concluded in 2016

Latest statistics from the Supreme People's Court (SPC) showed that courts nationwide concluded 147,000 IPR cases in the first instance in 2016. According to SPC, Nanjing, Suzhou, Wuhan and Chengdu have set up their own IPR adjudication divisions, which c

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