Amendments to Patent Act, the Enforcement Rules of the Patent Act and the Regulations of Patent Fees entered into force on November 1, 2019
Report Puts Renewed Focus on Protection
The Intellectual Property Development and Research Center released a report earlier this month in Beijing in a bid to strengthen IP protection in the field of e-commerce, which has an increasingly important position in China's economy.
Increasing Number of Patent Agencies Help Nation Grow Stronger
Patent attorneys and agencies are playing an increasingly important role in supporting national intellectual property development, building China into an innovation-driven country and expanding high-level opening-up, said Shen Changyu, commissioner of the National Intellectual Property Administration.
Cracking Down Hard on Malicious Registrations
Officials share how a new law and tech are helping eliminate dubious trademark filings.
TIPO announced the draft amendments to the Trademark Act
To make sure the Trademark Act fits the country’s practice needs, starting from 2018, TIPO has been drafting amendments to the Act. Two consultation meetings, one attended by invited experts and scholars and the other on trademark examination quality, as well as a public hearing on the draft amendments to the Trademark Act, were held. Upon analyzing the suggestions provided by all circles of society on the public hearing on October 15, 2019, TIPO proposed the draft amendments to the Trademark Act (find the general description of the draft and a comparison table for the articles of the act before and after revision as attached.)
