CNIPA released on April 20, 2020, its 2020-2021 Implementation of the “Opinions on Strengthening the Protection of Intellectual Property” Promotion Plan” (2020—2021年贯彻落实《关于强化知识产权保护的意见》推进计划) (the “Promotion Plan”). Attached are a copy of the Promotion […]
Is It In There – CNIPA’s “Phase 1” IP Action Plan?
SAMR Releases Legislative Work Plan for 2020
On 26 March 2020, SAMR released its Legislative Work Plan for 2020 (“2020 Legislative Plan”) 国家市场监督管理总局2020 年立法工作计划. In 2020, 7 draft laws and administrative regulations行政法规, including the Amendment to the Detailed Rules […]
Upcoming Series of China Law Programs
The third in our highly successful series of annual Trade, Tech and China roundtables on the trade wars and their implications for the technology industry, with a focus on China and IP, is going online. The Berkeley […]
Essentially Derived Varieties and The Role of Leading Cases in Chinese Plant Variety Protection
Editor’s Note: Plant Variety Protection (PVP) is a little-discussed topic in China’s IP regime. Indeed, this blog has only reported on PVP-specific issues once before, and once in the context of the […]
SPC’s 2020 IP-Related Judicial Interpretation Agenda
On March 19, 2020, the Supreme People’s Court’s Judicial Interpretation Agenda for 2020 (“2020 Judicial Interpretation Agenda”) 最高人民法院2020年度司法解释立项计划 was discussed and adopted by the SPC Trial Committee at its 1795th meeting on […]
Antitrust Aspects of “Unfairly High Patent Pricing” for Licensing Transactions in China
This guest blog has been written by Prof. HAO Yuan of Tsinghua University School of Law. China is facing a pressing need to build its innovation-driven economy. To facilitate key features of […]
Supreme People’s Court Calls for Public Comments on Enforcement of Intellectual Property Judgments
Addendum of April 18, 2020: Here is an English language unofficial translation of the Implementation Plan and the Guidelines for reference purposes. If you see any errors, please advise us by comments […]
MofCOM Releases Draft Foreign Investment Complaint Rules: How Good Will It Be For Forced Tech Transfer?
On March 23, 2019 the Ministry of Commerce released its Rules for Foreign Investment Complaints (Draft for Public Comment (外商投资企业投诉工作办法[征求意见稿]) (the “Rules”). Comments are due by April 22. This is one of […]
IMPACT OF RECENT AML LEGISLATION ON THE IPR/ANTITRUST INTERFACE
This blog provides an update on recent legislative developments involving the interface between IP and China’s Anti-Monopoly law. On November 28, 2019, SAMR published the Anti-Monopoly Compliance Guidelines for Undertakings (Draft for […]
Daren Tang of Singapore Secures WIPO Nomination
Congratulations to Mr. Daren Tang (邓鸿森) (48), the Chief Executive of the IP Ofice of Singapore for his successful nomination by the Coordination Committee of WIPO as WIPO’s next Director General. Hopefully, […]
China IPR - Intellectual Property Developments in China 