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Online application rate for trademarks and patents in China both over 99%
2025-05-06As of the end of May this year, the online application rates for trademarks and patents have respectively reached 99.45% and 99.43%.The whole process period of trademark registration in general cases has been shortened to 7 months. The average review and trial periods for trademark opposition and re -
5G standard essential patent families declared in China have reached 18,000
2025-05-06According to the recent report released by the IP Development Research Center of CNIPA, currently there are more than 210,000 5G standard essential patents declared worldwide, including 47,000 patent families (a patent family includes multiple applications in different countries in possession of com -
Announcement on Matters Concerning the Payment of Patent Annual Fees (No. 486)
2025-05-06China National Intellectual Property AnnouncementNo. 486For patents whose payment period for the patent annual fee (excluding the annual fee for the first year after authorization) is between June 15, 2022 and December 31, 2022, in possession of China’s patent fee reduction policy, the expiration da -
The Hague Agreement and the Marrakesh Treaty came into force in my country—a new step into world intellectual property governance
2025-05-06Being a member of the Hague System not only indicates Chinas open attitude to actively participate in the global intellectual property governance system, but also provides convenience for overseas enterprises to enter China, the most dynamic and vast market, which is benefit to building a good busin -
The inventive step judgment of patents in traditional Chinese medicine field must be based on the characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine
2025-05-06——(2021) Supreme People’s Court Final Administrative Judgment No.158Recently, the Supreme Peoples Court concluded the case of dispute over invention patent application rejection review administrative between the appellant Luo and the appellee CNIPA, determined the patent application involved does no