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  • September 7

    2022

    CNIPA's Newly-Vested Adjudication Power Over Patent Infringement Disputes Presents Welcomed Options to Patentees

    "The CNIPA's (China National Intellectual Property Administration) first batch of patent enforcement rulings shows it's more than capable of handling technical cases,"  the UK-based Managing IP magazine leads with this sentence in an article of its August edition. The article highlights some of the impacts on the IP community made by this new mission of the CNIPA. One of them is "The latest rulings also show the CNIPA won't shy away from industry issues. For example, the office settled a longstanding problem in the drug patent litigation space." Since the CNIPA started hearing patent disputes with a significant nationwide effect on June 1, 2021, it has concluded the first batch of patent infringement cases within four months (not inclusive of staying time). "These rulings epitomize the efficiency of patent administrative protection, presenting fresh options for patentees and the general public to enforce their  lawful right and stop infringement in a timely fashion," says Zhang Zhicheng, director general of CNIPA's IP protection department.

  • August 24

    2022

    Policy Aims to Fuel Copyright Trade, Export of Traditional Chinese Culture

    As of 2025, several platforms dedicated to cultural trade are operational; a slew of digital cultural platforms and industry leaders with global presence are formed; Chinese cultural products and services are more competitive; cultural brands are bigger names internationally; cultural trade has a stronger bearing on export of Chinese culture and greater contribution to the building of a cultural powerhouse country. These are some of the visions and objectives listed in the recently-enacted Opinions on Promoting Quality Development of External Cultural Trade, a joint policy of 27 agencies including Ministry of Commerce, Central Publicity Ministry and China National Intellectual Property Administration. Twenty-eight specific tasks and measures including expansion of digital cultural trade, export of publications and copyright trade and enhancement of IP protection are scattered in the Opinions' seven sections including deepening reform and open-up in the culture sector, inspiring innovation to generate new momentum and stimulating the energy of market players.

  • August 1

    2022

    IP PEOPLE: 2021 White Paper on China's IP Protection Status Released

    The State Council Information Office released the 2021 White Paper on China's China made significant progress in IP protection system construction, approval and registration, cultural development, and international cooperation.   China's achievement in IP protection in 2021 was widely recognized by innovators from various countries and the international community. Social satisfaction with IP protection rose to 80.61 points (100 point scale), an increase of 0.56 points over last year.

  • Judy 26

    2022

    Annual Report of CNIPA (2021): 55.0% Grant Rate of Invention Patents

    China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) issued the 2021 annual report in June, 2022. Below are main information and statistical data relating to patents and trademarks. In 2021, a total of 1,586,000, invention patent applications were filed in China, a year-on-year increase of 5.9%. Among them, 1,428,000 were domestic invention patent applications, accounting for 90.0% of the total, a year-on-year increase of 6.2%; 158,000 were foreign invention patent applications accounting for 10.0% of the total number, a year-on-year increase of 3.6%.

  • July 12

    2022

    Renewed Anti-Monopoly Law Aims to Innovative, Fair Environment for Doing Business

    'Inspiring innovation' is added into legislative purposes. The 'safe harbor' rule applies to monopoly agreement. Harsher sanctions are in place for violations. These are some of the changes in the newly-revised anti-monopoly law recently passed by China's top legislature. Revised for the first time since its debut in 2008 and set to enter into force on August 1, 2022, the law strives to clarify some rules, uphold fair competition order and provide a fair, transparent and predictable environment for business operators.

  • June 22

    2022

    IP Boosts Bio-Economy Development in China

    Bio-economy is a new economy based on the development, progress and popularization of life science and biotechnologies, as well as an integral part of the national economy. Recent years have seen the continuous expansion of the industrial scale of China's bio-economy, as well as China's major breakthroughs and innovations in basic biological research.

  • June 08

    2022

    China Speeds up Smooth Execution of Patent Open License System

    How to find potential licensees, how to be more efficient in licensing, how to identify relevant royalties-these lingering problems will be gone after the landing of the patent open license system. In an effort to ensure the smooth and fast execution of the system, the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) recently released the Trial Program on Patent Open License, a national document drafted based on the experience of local forerunners.

  • May 31

    2022

    CNIPA Issues Instructions on Patent Open License to Local Authorities

    The China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) recently released the Trial Program on Patent Open License – mainly instructions for provincial authorities - in an effort to follow the instructions of the Outline of Construction of an IP Powerhouse Country (2021-2035) and the 14th Five-Year National Plan for IP Protection and Application, ensure smooth execution and efficient operation of the patent open license system, and propel IP commercialization.

  • May 11

    2022

    Designers Worldwide to Benefit from China's Entry to The Hague System in Effect

    On May 5, the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs (Hague Agreement) entered into force in China.

  • Apr. 21

    2022

    The Supreme People's Court Released Top 10 Intellectual Property Cases Tried by Chinese Courts in 2021

    1. Shuang Feiren Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. vs. Guangzhou Wrights Business Consulting Co., Ltd. (case of trademark infringement and unfair competition dispute) (Civil Judgment No. 23 [2020], Retrial, Civil, SPC of the Supreme People's Court). 2. Jiaxing Zhonghua Chemical Co., Ltd., Shanghai Xinchen New Technology Co., Ltd...
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