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To strengthen IP protection, China has previously established three IP courts in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. On December 26, 2020, the National People’s Congress enacted a measure establishing the fourth IP court in Hainan. On December 31, 2020...

Since the implementation of the amended “China Trademark Law” on November 1, 2019, trademark examination authorities have taken more efforts to crack down on bad faith trademark applications. The action of trademark hoarding by filing a huge number...

PCT applications designating or electing Italy filed as from July 1, 2020, can enter the national phase without the need to go through the European regional phase as previously required by the Italian Patent Law. The deadline for entering the...

On 28 May, the Civil Law of the People's Republic of China was officially adopted, and it will come into force on January 1, 2021. This is a milestone in the history of civil legislation in China. There are seven parts and 1260 articles in the Civil...

On May 20, 2020, the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) announced that it now accepts online filing of trademark applications with non-standard specification. China, a member to the Nice Agreement, applies a subclass system...

In view of the challenges faced by the outbreak of COVID-19, China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) issued Announcement No. 350 on January 28, 2020, allowing the party to claim for continued protection when the obstacle to the...

On January 14, 2020, China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) released the 2019 statistics on patent, trademark, GI (Geographical indication) and IC layout design in Beijing. Patents In 2019, 1.401 million patent applications for...

On December 10, 2019, the IP Tribunal of the SPC announced the judgement of the appeal case filed by Tenda Co., Ltd. regarding the dispute of infringement of invention patent right. In this case, the SPC established the following principle for the...

The China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) announced the latest amendments to the Guidelines for Patent Examination which became effective from on November 1, 2019. The amendments respond to the request of innovative businesses...

The China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) recently issued the Administrative Regulations of Collective Patent Examination (pilot scheme), which aims at improving the examination efficiency and quality of important patent...