China has further enhanced the efficiency of its patent application review process in the past year, with stronger protection of intellectual property rights, the country's top IP regulator said. In a work report issued by the China National Intellectual Property Administration on Tuesday, the average review period for invention patents has been reduced to 15.5 months last year, while the average period of exa

The recommended national standard "Geographical Indication - Basic Terminology (GB/T 44584-2024)", drafted under the leadership of the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA), has been approved and officially implemented recently. The standard is administered by the Geographical Indication Subcommittee (TC554SC1) under the National Technical Committee 554 on Intellectual Property and

From November 11 to 22, the Diplomatic Conference on Design Law, organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), was held in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. The conference successfully approved the Riyadh Design Law Treaty. A Chinese government delegation, comprising representatives from the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA), China's Permanent Mission to Geneva, an

Chinese and U.S. officials have met in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, to discuss cooperation in tackling online sales of infringing goods, China's top market regulator said on Monday. The conference, jointly organized by the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), brought together over 200 representatives from law enforcement and judici

Beijing Intellectual Property Court has handled more than 200,000 cases since its establishment, endeavoring to promote technological innovation, improve industrial governance and maintain the market fairness, according to a report. The report issued by the court on Wednesday showed that between Nov 6, 2014, the establishment of the court, and October this year, it handled 201,984 IP lawsuits, of which over 130,00

China has increased efforts to help enterprises deal with intellectual property disputes overseas, with guidance in handling 166 such cases during the first half of this year, an official from the country's top IP regulator said on Wednesday. Song Beibei, deputy head of the China National Intellectual Property Administration's Intellectual Property Protection Department, told a news conference that it has