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  • 052020.05 WIPO Convenes another Video Conference on Temporary Policies and Remedy Measures on IP amid Pandemic... On April 20 (Beijing time), WIPO held another video conference to discuss temporary policies and remedy measures>

    The video conference was presided over by WIPO Director General Mr. Francis Gurry. It mainly discussed the enforcement regulations of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) and the applicable conditions for relevant clauses concerning delay i...
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  • 052020.05 Shanghai Courts See Increase in IP Cases Shanghai courts received 23,580 intellectual property lawsuits and IP theft and piracy cases and closed 23,510 of them last year, a rise of 3.97 percent and 6.28 percent respectively, the Shanghai High People's Court said>

    The court>

    In terms of the lawsuits, the number of those regarding disputes in the areas of franchise contract and patent rig...
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  • 042020.04 CNIPA Releases 2019 China Patent Investigation Report Recently, China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) publicly released the "2019 China Patent Investigation Report". The Report shows that China has achieved new results in increasing the cost of infringement and optimizing conditions for doing business, and enterprises' strong demand in hardening the groundwork for IP protection; patent u... More >
  • 042020.04 Value of IP-Intensive Industries Highlighted The added value of China's patent-intensive industries topped 10.7 trillion yuan ($1.51 trillion) in 2018, contributing 11.6 percent to the country's GDP, according to the National Intellectual Property Administration.

    Working with the National Bureau of Statistics, CNIPA said it was the first time the country announced the statistic. It also marks t...
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  • 032020.03 China's IP Protection Development Is Widely Acknowledged In recent years, China's IP protection work has made remarkable achievements and is widely acknowledged by the IP community, thanks to constant improvement of relevant laws, regulations and policy system, enhancement of law enforcement, profound reform in the field of judicial trial,among other advancement.

    China's IP protection is highly recognized...
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  • 032020.03 Joseph Straus: "China's Efforts in IP Protection Can Stand Scrutiny" "Since the entering into force of the ever first Chinese patent act in 1985, China has continuously developed and improved its IP protection. Its efforts in this regard can stand scrutiny even in comparison with developments in Japan and Republic of Korea," said Joseph Straus, Professor of Law at the University of Munich, recognizing China's IP achi... More >
  • 022020.02 Applicants Can Handle Patent, Trademark and Other Services Online Recently, CNIPA has issued a notice that its service windows will be open from February 3, 2020. In order to strengthen the prevention and control of novel coronavirus pneumonia, effectively reduce the gathering of people and block the spread of novel coronavirus, the applicants are advised to handle the services such as patents, trademarks and layout desi... More >
  • 022020.02 Future of UK' s Post-Brexit Foreign Policy Lies in Pacific Asia In the past weeks or so, Pacific Asia was in the spotlight>

    In Canberra, Raab urged the UK and Australia to start negotiating a comprehensive free trade deal to cement the "unique friendship, with shared history." In Tokyo, Raab indicated the UK's commitment to cooperating with Japan>
    Raab's subsequent working visits to Singapore and Malaysia were in...
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  • 012020.01 China Media Group Establishes Animation Group Subordinate to China Central Television (CCTV), the CCTV animation group aims to bring more uplifting, entertaining and educational content to children all over China. China Central Television is part of China Media Group.

    The group was established>

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    "More quality animation works will be produced by the group, and tha...
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  • 012020.01 IPRs in E-Commerce Better Guarded in China China sees remarkable progress in IP protection in E-commerce, according to the 2019 China Research Report>

    The report reviews IP protection and governance in China's e-commerce during the year, evaluates and summarizes practical experiences of IP protection in e-commerce from aspects such as IP protection data, governance challenges and results of ma...
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  • 122019.12 China Leads the Way in Innovation As IP Filings Continue to Rise Asia is emerging as a dynamic innovation center worldwide with China as a major driving force behind the growth, according to the latest World Intellectual Property Indicators report.

    The annual WIPI report released by the World Intellectual Property Organization in Geneva>

    "Asia continues to outpace other regions in filing activity for patents,...
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  • 112019.11 Counterfeiter Caught by Customs Officials The Wenjindu branch of Shenzhen Customs seized more than 11,000 counterfeit products exported by a trading company in Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong province in late September, which were recently confirmed infringements on 11 trademarks, including BMW, Bose and Chanel. The seizure ranged from auto components and watches to earphones, pants and bags. T... More >