BEIJING -- China's intellectual property trade expanded last year, demonstrating the country's steadily improving international competitiveness in the area, official data showed. From 2013 to 2023, the average annual growth rate of China's total trade in intellectual property royalties stood at 9.4 percent, according to data from the State Administration of Foreign Exchange. Last year, the total tra

China will establish efforts to promote the patent industrialization rate of universities and research institutions nationwide, said the country's top intellectual property regulator on Tuesday. The National Intellectual Property Administration (NIPA) has initiated a work plan, proposing that by the end of 2024, universities and scientific research institutions across the country should conduct assessments on

The China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) and the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA) have jointly decided to extend their Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) pilot program for another three years from January 23, 2024 to January 22, 2027. The establishedProcedures to file a request to the DPMA for Patent Prosecution Highway ("PPH") Pilot Program between the DPMA and the SIPOremain

Chinese intellectual property authorities are working to further improve the efficiency of patent reviews as required by the central government to boost innovation-driven development and high-level opening-up. The requirement has been included in the revised Rules for the Implementation of the Patent Law, which were recently approved by the State Council, China's Cabinet, and will take effect on Saturday. &

The China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) and the National Institute of Industrial Property of Chile (INAPI) have jointly decided to extend their Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) pilot program for another five years from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2028. At the same time, the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) and the Danish Patent and Trademark Office (DKPTO) have a

BEIJING, Dec. 21 -- Chinese Premier Li Qiang has signed a decree of the State Council to unveil a set of revised rules for implementing the patent law. The rules specify that the electronic form of documents shall be regarded as written form to facilitate the patent application for applicants. The rules refine the patent review system and improve the quality of patent review. Regarding safeguarding the legit