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Summary and analysis of administrative litigations of trademark adjudication cases in 2018 (Excerpt)
2019-09-30
  Ⅰ . Basic situation of responses to litigations (as defendant) in 2018 In 2018, the trademark adjudication department decided a total of 265,200 cases, and received 11,510 notices for response to the first-instance litigations in the whol
Announcement No. 326 of CNIPA on Restoring the Stamp Tax withholding and Collection
2019-09-30
  Regarding the collection of stamp tax when making the registration for Chinese patent, CNIPA issued an announcement on August 12, 2019 that CNIPA would stop the patent stamp tax withholding and collection since August 25, 2019, due to the a
CNIPA released the statistics of the first half of 2019: the main indicators are in line with expectations, and the compr
2019-07-16
  The regular press conference for the 3 rd quarter of 2019 by CNIPA On July 9, China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) held a regular press conference for the 3 rd quarter of 2019 in Beijing, centrally publishing the semi
Judgment pronounced in court: the first sound of gavel strike in the IP tribunal of the SPC
2019-03-29
  The Supreme Peoples Court (hereinafter referred to as SPC) held a public trial of an invention patent infringement case involving the appellants Xiamen Carall automotive parts Co. Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Carall Company) and Xiamen
The Newly Amended Regulations on Technology Import and Export Administration of the People’s Republic of China
2019-03-27
  The Decision of the State Council on Amending Certain Administrative Regulations aiming to amend some of the provisions of 49 administrative regulations was promulgated by Order No. 709 of the State Council of the Peoples Republic of China
Zhang Mao and Shen Changyu Answering Questions of Journalists: New Trends of Trademarks and Patents
2019-03-15
  Zhang Mao, minister of the State Administration for Market Regulation, Shen Changyu, commissioner of the China National Intellectual Property Administration and Jiao Hong, head of the National Medical Products Administration attended a pres
Using AI to Examine Trademarks Official Launch of the AI Design Trademark Search Tool
2019-02-25
  On January 25 th , the trademark design search tool has been officially launched, which is another progress of trademark informatization after taking measures of online trademark service system and opening free access of trademark data to t
Revised Regulations on Patent Commissioning To be enacted Mar. 1, 2019
2018-11-21
  Revised Regulations on Patent Commissioning has been approved Executive Meetings of the State Council to be enacted on March 1, 2019 . Revisions made to the Regulations include: the title of patent agent is modified as Patent Attorney; and
An Appeal Mechanism for Intellectual Property Cases at the National Level to Be Established in China
2018-10-26
  The Decision on Several Issues Concerning the Proceedings of Patent Cases (Draft) was submitted to the Standing Committee of the National Peoples Congress for deliberation on October 22 nd , 2018. The Draft stipulates that if a party refuse
Linda Liu & Partners honored as “Excellent Trademark Agency of 2017-2018” Case of Linda Liu & Partners select
2019-02-11
  Case of Linda Liu Partners selected as Excellent Trademark Cases of 2017-2018 On September 3, 2018, the 2018 International Trademark Brand Festival hosted by China Trademark Association, Hebei Administration of Industry and Commerce, and Ta