The number of valid domestic patents in China reached 4.425 million in June, the China National Intellectual Property Administration said at a news conference on Monday. The number of high-value invention patents were 12.9 per 10,000 residents, achieving the national target set out in the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-25) ahead of schedule. The numbers not only signify the progress in protecting intellectual pr

China will comprehensively promote the efficient operation of the patent open license system, according to a notice issued by China's National Intellectual Property Administration. Modes and channels of patent transformation and application will also be broadened, according to the notice. The notice calls for collaborative efforts to operate the patent open license system, by guiding patentees to standardiz

China is becoming a preferred destination for resolving international intellectual property disputes as a result of its commitment to granting equal protection in case handling, an official from the country's top court said. Since January 2019, the Intellectual Property Court of the Supreme People's Court has handled 20,338 cases, of which about 10 percent involved foreign parties, with the number of forei

On the afternoon of May 30, Chinese President Xi Jinping and President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan witnessed the signing of a memorandum of understanding on intellectual property cooperation between the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) and the UAE Ministry of Economy in the Great Hall of the People of Beijing. Shen Changyu, Commissioner of the CNIPA,

China has stepped up efforts to strengthen intellectual property protection through quicker channels to ensure the legitimate rights and interests of innovators are strongly and widely supported and protected, a spokeswoman of the country's top IP regulator said on Tuesday. Guo Wen, the head of the China National Intellectual Property Administration's IP protection division, told a news conference that a t

The number of invention patents granted in China in the first four months of this year witnessed a year-on-year increase of 43.42 percent, the country's top intellectual property regulator said this week. The latest patent data report by the China National Intellectual Property Administration revealed that over 362,000 invention patents were granted in China between January and April this year. Enterprise pate