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2016-08-10

SIPO Releases the First Report on National Patent Survey

Recently, the State Intellectual Property Office of the P.R.C (SIPO) released The 2015 Report on Patent Survey in China, which was the first time that the SIPO released a report on national patent survey. According to the report, the implementation rate o

2016-08-02

IP Court Cases to Come under Tighter Jurisdiction

The Supreme People's Court issued the opinions on the promotion of combined IP trial mechanism, according to which the three-in-one mode for intellectual property cases that integrates civil, administrative and criminal trials will be further promoted in

2016-07-20

CTMO to Setup New Database to Enhance Communication with Right Holders When Discovering Infringement

According to the Chinese Trade Mark Association, the Association is asked by the Chinese Trademark Office (CTMO) to collect contact information of the trademarks registrants and holders. The information will be used to help the CTMO create a new database

2016-03-11

Principles on how to handle preemptive trademark registration pursuant to Article 15

It is stipulated as follows in Article 15 of the current Trademark Law: (Paragraph 1) Where an agent or representative of the owner of a trademark applies for registering the trademark in his own name without prior authorization and the owner of the trade

2016-02-24

Statistics of Administrative Decision Revoked by the Beijing IP Court

The Beijing Intellectual Property Court, established on November 6, 2014, is the first special court for handling intellectual property related matters. This court has jurisdiction over all the civil and administrative lawsuits on intellectual property ri

2016-02-01

Whether trademark containing the Chinese character “国” should be approved for registration

From the recent meeting with judges of the Beijing Intellectual Property Court, we have learnt the following practical principles regarding whether trademarks containing the Chinese character 国, which has a meaning of national in English, should be approv

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