NANJING -- Data that would take 699 days to transmit over the traditional Internet was transferred in just 1.6 hours on a testbed for China's future networks. China's first national science and technology infrastructure in the information and communications technology (ICT) sector -- China Environment for Network Innovation (CENI) -- recently passed national acceptance in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu

China has stepped up efforts to refine patent examination standards in emerging fields and new business models such as artificial intelligence in recent years, providing robust support for accelerating high-level technological self-reliance, officials from the country's top intellectual property regulator said. Heng Fuguang, spokesman for the China National Intellectual Property Administration, told a news con

The United States and China are the two top global leaders in artificial intelligence (AI) development, and China has the most generative AI patents from 2014 to 2023, an AI expert said after the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) released its AI Maturity Index on Tuesday. According to the second edition of the AI Maturity Index, which ranks companies on how effectively they have adopted AI t

The Wuhan Intermediate People's Court has issued its judgment in the Zespri's plant variety rights infringement case, filed in 2023, against two defendants involved in the unauthorized production, sale and marketing of Gold3 kiwifruit, finding that the primary defendant infringed Zespri's IP rights through the unauthorized planting and sale of Gold3. Zespri, a cooperative of kiwi fruit growers in New Z

The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) pilot programme between the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) and the European Patent Office (EPO) will continue until 30 November 2031. Nationals and residents of the People's Republic of China will continue to have the option to select the EPO as their International Searching Authority (ISA). The CNIPA and the EPO are pleased to announce that the

2024 Annual Report Only the content related to patents and trademarks is excerpted. For the original text, please refer to the official website of CNIPA. Source: CNIPA