IP Alerts_AFD China Intellectual Property

2014-07-16

Supreme People's Court Seeks Public Comments for Drafted Revision to the Several Provisions on Issues Concerning the Application of Law in the Trail of Patent Disputes

The Supreme People's Court released a updated draft for Several Provisions on Issues Concerning the Application of Law in the Trail of Patent Disputes, which was last revised in 2013 based on the one originally promulgated in 2009. The deadline for submit

2014-07-03

New Scheme to Improve Legal Certainty on Pending Applications at EPO

the EPO has introduced a new scheme to improve legal certainty on pending patent applications. Under the Early Certainty from Search scheme, the EPO aims to issue all search reports and written opinions on patentability within six months of filing, to pri

2014-06-30

State Council: National Outline of Integrated Circuit Industry Issued

Gross sales revenue of integrated circuit industry in China is expected to exceed 350 billion yuan in 2015, nearly an increase of 100 billion yuan from 250.8 billion yuan in 2013, according to the National Outline of Promoting the Development of Integrate

2014-06-26

Legislators Discuss Measures to Commercialize "Sleeping" Patents

Chinese legislators on Thursday put forward various measures to promote the utilization of patented technologies and prevent them from lying dormant forever. Nearly 2.38 million Chinese patent applications were accepted and over 1.31 million authorized in

2014-06-12

Information on Administrative Cases in Forestry to Be Disclosed as of July 1, 2014

Implementing Rules of the State Forestry Administration on Disclosing the Information on Administrative Cases of Producing and Selling Counterfeit and Shoddy Goods and Infringing Intellectual Property Rights recently issued by the Administration provide t

2014-06-11

The Government will introduce the Copyright (Amendment) Bill 2014 into the Legislative Council (LegCo) on June 18 to update Hong Kong's copyright regime and ensure that it keeps pace with technological and overseas developments. The Bill also provides a n

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