China is becoming a preferred destination for resolving international intellectual property disputes as a result of its commitment to granting equal protection in case handling, an official from the country's top court said. Since January 2019, the Intellectual Property Court of the Supreme People's Court has handled 20,338 cases, of which about 10 percent involved foreign parties, with the number of forei

On the afternoon of May 30, Chinese President Xi Jinping and President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan witnessed the signing of a memorandum of understanding on intellectual property cooperation between the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) and the UAE Ministry of Economy in the Great Hall of the People of Beijing. Shen Changyu, Commissioner of the CNIPA,

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