Authorities pledge to strengthen IP protection, hasten patent, trademark applications
China's top intellectual property regulator pledged to ensure stronger intellectual property protection and accelerate reviews of patent and trademark applications this year to better contribute to the country's high-quality development and respond to the demands of innovators.
"We'll strengthen IP protection by helping amend the Trademark Law and the implementation rules of the Patent Law, with g
2023-02-27Read moreTechnicians appointed to advise on IP cases
A total of 115 technicians were appointed as investigators by Beijing Intellectual Property Court on Wednesday to help solve technical cases.
With the fast development of technology, the court has seen rapidly growing IP technical disputes over the past few years.
"Hearing technical cases has become a major part of our job," said Zhou Liting, deputy head of the court's technical investigation depa
2023-02-16Read moreChina sees patents, trademarks filed by foreign entities rise
China recorded a stable growth of patents and trademarks applied by foreign entities last year, showing intellectual property was playing a bigger role in promoting the country's high-quality opening-up, IP regulators said.
In 2022, the number of valid invention patents applied by foreign entities in China rose by 4.5 percent compared with that in 2021, bringing the total to 861,000, said Hu Wenhui, deputy hea
2023-01-28Read moreChina to spearhead more international rules on IP protection
China will take initiative to participate in formulating and amending more international rules involving intellectual property to better serve the country's opening-up, a senior IP regulator said.
"We'll continue our deep participation in improving international rules on patents, trademarks, industrial designs and geographical indications under the multilateral framework, with global exchanges on the
2023-01-13Read moreChina steps up efforts increasing intl cooperation on IP protection
China has stepped up efforts in increasing international cooperation on intellectual property protection, to improve its competitiveness with a rapid growth of patent applications from overseas, a senior IP regulator said.
"IP has played a more significant role in supporting our opening-up and economic globalization, and it's a strategic resource for a national development as well as a core element for th
2022-12-28Read moreNation leads surge in global patent applications
Global intellectual property applications rose last year despite the COVID-19 pandemic, with China leading the growth, World Intellectual Property Organization data shows.
Of the 3.4 million patent applications filed around the world in 2021, China's IP office received 1.59 million, according to the World Intellectual Property Indicators Report 2022, issued on Monday.
The worldwide total was "slightly
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