As reported by zhichanli, CNIPA (the new agency formed from SIPO, SAIC and AQSIQ’s – IP authorities within the State Administration for Market Regulation) held a news conference on January 10 to […]
State Council Clears Patent Law Amendments, Forwards to NPC, Patent Linkage Is Not Referenced ….
According to the official central Chinese government website, on December 5, 2018, Premier Li Keqiang chaired a State Council meeting which cleared the long awaited proposed draft of the patent law amendments. […]
New State Council Decision on Intellectual Property Strategy For China as a Strong IP Country
On July 18, 2016, the State Council issued a new policy document,国务院关于新形势下加快知识产权强国建设的 若干意见-重点任务分工方案 — the “Opinion of the State Council on Accelerating the Construction of Intellectual Property Powers for China as an […]
USPTO-SIPO To Conduct Second IP Licensing Program
USPTO and SIPO are cohosting another program on IP licensing on July 29 at SIPO’s training center in Beijing. I reported on the last program earlier this year here. Although the final […]
USPTO/SIPO Program on Patent Licensing and Technology Transfer – A Quick Readout on a 41 Billion Dollar Business
A China-U.S. Joint Seminar on Patent Licensing and Technology Transfer was jointly hosted by SIPO and USPTO at SIPO’s China Intellectual Property Training Center in Beijing on April 15, 2015. The focus […]
Draft Service Invention Regulations Out For Public Comment
On April 2, 2015, the State Council Legislative Affairs Office (“SCLAO”) published a draft of the Service Invention Regulations along with an accompanying explanation. The draft was prepared with the assistance of SIPO and the […]
Licensing: A Forthcoming Program and Some Historical Perspective
With recent antitrust investigations in China, as well as China’s design to have more market-oriented targets for IP, export growth in IP rights from China is slated to grow from 1.36 billion USD […]
Jail House Inventors and Fake Jail Infringements
Here’s another IPR oddity: the jail house innovator. Both China and the United States have them. The Chinese government, like many other governments, has had policies for reducing criminal sentences for a […]
SIPO’s Data Shows Continued High Demand for IP Information in China
SIPO recently published its 2013 data on hits on Chinese government IP websites. Overall, there were 2,974,407,259 hits on Chinese government IP system portal websites in 2013. Total numbers of distinct on […]
December 11 in Beijing – International Program on Utility Model Patents
On December 11, SIPO, USPTO and other patent offices (Japan, EPO, Germany and Korea) as well as companies and their counsel will be participating in an exciting international utility model program at […]
China IPR - Intellectual Property Developments in China 