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102020.10 China Audio-Video Copyright Association released 2019 Annual Report On September 28, 2020, China Audio-Video Copyright Association officially released its 2019 Annual Report. In 2019, it was a year in which the Association have worked hard in the face of challenges and adversity. We have made outstanding achievements in developing the members, establishing and standardizing licensing business teams, and collecting and distri... More >
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102020.10 China Applauded over Global Intellectual Property Performance Developing countries can learn a great deal from nation's example, say legal experts. With a spectacular performance over the past few years, China continues to be a role model to the world－and developing countries in particular－for its planning, new policies and evaluation of innovation, said Francis Gurry, director-general of the World Intellectual Prope... More >
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092020.09 China Constantly Improves Examination Quality and Efficiency of Madrid Trademark Registration Since the start of the year, China's National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) has been responsible in coordinating and promoting epidemic prevention and control and business work, constantly advancing the reform of facilitating trademark registration, comprehensively improving examination quality and efficiency of Madrid international trademark ... More >
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092020.09 Draft Amendment to China's Copyright Law Gets 2nd Reading On August 8, the Draft amendment to China's Copyright Law was submitted to the country's top legislature for a second reading. This second draft responded to a number of prominent issues, such as improving the definition of works, deleting the provisions of prohibiting the abuse of copyright rights to affect the normal dissemination of works and related regu... More >
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082020.08 Joint statement of EPO and CNIPA on response to COVID-19 The European Patent Office (EPO) and the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) stand in full solidarity with all those affected by COVID-19. More >
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082020.08 China Lists Specific Measures to Combat Infringements and Counterfeiting Recently, the National Leading Group on the Fight against IP infringement and Counterfeiting issued the Key Points of the National Work on the Fight against IP Infringement and Counterfeiting in 2020. The Key Points requires adhering to regulating by law, integration of fight and construction, overall coordination, and regulating in collaboration with the so... More >
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072020.07 Survey: EU Businesses Recognize Marked Improvement in IP Legislation and Enforcement in China On June 10, the European Union (EU) Chamber of Commerce in China, in cooperation with Roland Berger, released its European Business in China Business Confidence Survey 2020. According to the report, EU member companies operating in China believe that they have seen continuous progress on drafting and enforcing of IPR-related regulations in China and marked i... More >
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072020.07 Joint statement of EPO and CNIPA on response to COVID-19 The European Patent Office (EPO) and the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) stand in full solidarity with all those affected by COVID-19.After over three decades of strong bilateral co-operation, the EPO and CNIPA have built a comprehensive strategic partnership that contributes to higher quality patents and greater harmonisation in ... More >
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072020.07 CNIPA Issues Criteria on Determining Trademark Infringement The Criteria on Determining Trademark Infringement was introduced by the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) to execute the plan of the CCP Central Committee and the State Council on bolstering IP protection, to provide guidelines on trademark enforcement, unify enforcement practice and enhance protection of trademark exclusive rights... More >
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062020.06 Initiative Aims to Put Virus Weapons in Hands of All More than 30 countries and multiple international partners and institutions have signed up to support the COVID-19 Technology Access Pool, or C-TAP, a new initiative aimed at making vaccines, tests, treatments and other health technologies to fight COVID-19 accessible to all.
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062020.06 China Issues 2020 Action Plan to Accelerate Building IP Powerhouse Recently, the Office of the Inter-Ministerial Joint Meeting>
In terms of deepening IP reform, the Action Plan proposes to improve intellectual property policies, including formulating and issuing policy documents to promote the high-quality development of IP services, replicating and promoting IP protection initiatives in the context of comprehensive ... More >
