IP Alerts_AFD China Intellectual Property

2013-04-10

SIPO Launched New Round Evaluation of IPR Model City

The new round evaluation of national IPR model city introduces the government investment as the standard and further specifies detailed requirements such as relevant document submission, application form filling out etc. The evaluation will closely follow

2013-03-01

New Provision Added to Judicial Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Law in the Trial of Patent Dispute Cases

On February 25, 2013, the Supreme Peoples Court released the Decision of the Supreme Peoples Court on Amendments to the Interpretation of the Supreme Peoples Court on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Law to the Trial of Patent Dispute Cases. T

2013-02-27

HK: Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the purposes of the registration of marks applies to HKSAR

The Intellectual Property Department announced today (February 27) that the Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks (Nice Agreement) applies to the Hong Kong Special Ad

2013-02-25

USPTO and NIST Release New Version of IP Awareness Assessment Tool

The U.S. Department of Commerce's Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) today unveiled an updated beta version of the web-based IP Awareness Assessment Tool,

2013-02-19

EPO Welcomes Historic Signing of the Unified Patent Court Agreement

The European Patent Office (EPO) welcomes the signing by EU ministers today in Brussels of an international agreement establishing a Unified Patent Court (UPC), which paves the way for the implementation of a unitary patent system in Europe. Signed by 24

2013-02-09

Implementation Regulations for the Copyright Law of China revised and takes effect on March 1, 2013

The State Council has decided to make the following revision to the Implementation Regulations for the Copyright Law of the Peoples Republic of China: Article 36 is revised into: Where an act of infringement listed in Article 48 of the Copyright law occur

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