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2021-04-16

Alibaba Fined 18.2 Billion Yuan for Monopoly

In December 2020, the State Administration for Market Regulation filed an investigation against Alibaba Group Holding Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Alibaba Group) for abusing its dominant market position in the online retail platform service marke

2021-04-15

The 2020 International Intellectual Property Protection Rankings Released

On March 31, 2021, the Legal Service Department of China Chamber of International Commerce (CICC) released the International Intellectual Property Protection Index Report 2020 in Beijing. In 2020, global IPR protection, especially in key monitoring countr

2021-04-14

Annual Report on Intellectual Property Rights of Integrated Circuit Industry of China (2020 Edition) Released

The Intellectual Property Work Department of the China Semiconductor Industry Association and the Shanghai Silicon Intellectual Property Trading Center jointly compiled the China Integrated Circuit Industry Intellectual Property Annual Report (2020 Editio

2021-04-13

Copyright Registrations of China: Facts and Figures 2020

In 2020, the local copyright authorities and copyright registration agencies across the nation attached great importance to the registration of copyright, resolutely overcame the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic, further improved the system and optimized t

2021-04-12

Judges Urge Trademark Applicants to Be More Honest

Individuals and enterprises should be more honest when applying to register trademarks since many applicants have lost lawsuits due to deception in recent years, Beijing judges said. The trademarks we found were incompatible with the applicants' actual pr

2021-04-09

CNIPA Prepares for the Implementation of the New Patent Law

To implement the decisions of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council on comprehensively strengthening the protection of IP rights, and per the requirements of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the CPC on enhancing the po

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