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

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. &