Further to my blog earlier this month, attached are unofficial translations of the draft Patent Law Amendments, as well as the SIPO Explanations about Draft Amendment to the Patent Law. Comments on […]
Draft of Patent Law Revision Published for Comment
The State Council Legislative Affairs Office has published on December 2, 2015 the draft of the Chinese Patent Law revisions for public comment《中华人民共和国专利法修订草案（送审稿）》, along with an explanation prepared by SIPO. Comments are […]
IPR Outcomes in the 26th JCCT
Here are the IP outcomes of the 26th Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade, concluded early in November 2015 in Guangzhou. The IP-related outcomes appear primarily in three different places in the […]
Legislative Plans and Updates For the Balance of 2015
The following is a summary of recent and some near-term legislative developments: According to its legislative plan (September 2, 2015), the State Council will accomplish the following during the balance of 2015: […]
Service Inventions A Focus Point Once Again…
Although there is nothing under a year old when I looked today on SIPO’s s special service invention webpage, the topic of how much freedom employers have in determining how to reward […]
A Quick Report on the EIPC MIIT Conference Including SAIC’s IP Abuse Rules, Patent Law Amendments, EIPC MIIT Standardization Policies, Standards and IP Abuse…
EIPC MIIT’s Conference on Intellectual Property Standards and Anti-Monopoly Law convened on December 10 and 11 in Beijing. The conference brought together about 150 international and Chinese experts, including lawyers, judges, academics, […]
State Council Legislative Affairs Office Releases NCA Draft of Copyright Law for Public Comment
On June 6, 2014 the State Council Legislative Affairs Office (SCLAO) released the entire draft and explanation of the copyright law revision that had previously been submitted by the National Copyright Administration (NCA) to […]
Through a Glass Less Darkly: China’s March to Administrative Enforcement Transparency
On November 20, the State Council, at an executive meeting chaired by Premier Li Keqiang, approved the “Opinion on Making Publicly Available According to Law Information on Administrative Penalties Concerning the Production […]
The Brave New World of Chinese IP Legislation – Trademarks
One thing is for certain about the current crop of revised IP laws in China: they are primarily being drafted to accommodate and anticipate China’s own needs, and not in response to […]
New State Council Opinion on Improving Administrative/Criminal IPR Enforcement Coordination
On September 12 the State Council Standing Committee, chaired by Wen Jiabao, passed a new “Opinion on Concerning How to Improve The Work of Coordinating Administrative and Criminal Enforcement in Striking At […]
China IPR - Intellectual Property Developments in China 