Recently, the main statistics on intellectual property in Jan.-Oct. 2023 was published by the CNIPA. As compared to the same period of 2022: I. Patent By the end of October 2023, China saw an amount of valid invention patents up to 4,870,000. There were a total of 3,897,000 domestic valid invention patents (excluding Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan), 11,923,000 valid utility model patents, and 3,159,000 va

The Implementing Regulations of the China Patent Law (Draft Amendment) was approved at an executive meeting chaired by Premier Li Qiang of the State Council on November 3, 2023. The meeting stressed the need to thoroughly implement the Party Central Committee's decision and deployment on strengthening intellectual property protection, strictly implement the Implementing Regulations of the China Patent Law, fur

The Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents has entered into force since November 7, 2023 On March 8, 2023, China accessed to the Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents (hereinafter referred to as the "Convention"). The Convention has entered into force since November 7, 2023. I. Brief Introduction The Convention

EPO-CNIPA Joint Communiqué: Chinese Applicants May Continue to Designate EPO as ISA 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) for international patent applications filed in English under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) until 30 November 2026. This follows the success of the pilot sc

High-level judicial officials in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei agree to collaborate Courts in North China's Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region will cooperate further to better protect intellectual property rights, thereby helping promote the coordinated development of the region, according to local judicial authorities. The high people's courts in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei province signed a framework agreement

China will strengthen efforts to protect intellectual property rights and team up with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations member states to crack down on infringement and counterfeiting, in order to create a better market environment, the country's top market regulator said on Tuesday. Gan Lin, vice-minister of the State Administration for Market Regulation, said the government has adhered to IPR protec