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2017-08-15

Innovation-driven Companies Increasingly Look Abroad

Overseas expansion spurring rapid annual growth in PCT filings; data shows surging interest in Belt and Road Initiative regions An increasing number of innovation-driven Chinese companies testing the waters abroad are spurring rapid growth in internationa

2017-08-01

Regulation Streamlines Application for Patents

There's a growing stockpile of patent filings with the State Intellectual Property Office, but the backlog should be resolved by a new prioritized processing regulation, which is scheduled to come into effect on August 1st. As a response to the central go

2017-07-17

China Supreme Court Released the 16th Batch of Guiding Cases in IP Field

Recently China Supreme Court published the 16th batch of guiding cases in intellectural property field, covering not only primary categories of traditional IP cases but also new types of complex cases such as anti-monopoly and anti unfair competition in I

2017-07-10

IP Powerhouse Building Driven by Five Key Works and 103 Measures

Promotion Plan for the Implementation of the National Intellectual Property Strategy and Acceleration of Building an IP Powerhouse in 2017 (hereinafter referred as Promotion Plan) was approved for practice by the Inter-Agency Council for Implementation of

2017-07-03

SIPO-EGYPO PPH Pilot Program Is Launched on July 1, 2017

According to the Memorandum of Understanding on the Cooperation between the State Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China (SIPO) and the Egyptian Patent Office (EGYPO) on the Patent Prosecution Highway, the SIPO-EGYPO Patent Prosecu

2017-06-27

2017 Global Innovation Index: China Hailed for Creativity

Rank of China keeps on a rise. China moves up by three spots, becoming the 22nd most innovative economy in the world, according to the Global Innovation Index(GII) 2017 co-authored by World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Cornell University and

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