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Chinese residents lead worldwide patent filings for the first time
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) released World Intellectual Property Indicators 2013 on December 9, 2013. The report shows that Chinese residents filed approximately 561,000 patent
Read article ↗SIPO releases Patent Prosecution Highway statistics
By September 30, 2013, China's State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) had received 4,703 requests under the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH), including 3,632 regular PPH requests and 1,071 PCT-PPH
Read article ↗Huawei prevails in its Chinese antitrust case against InterDigital
In October 2013, the Guangdong High People's Court issued its final judgment in Huawei's antitrust case against InterDigital (IDC), a US wireless communications technology and patent company. The cour
Read article ↗Design protection in China, the European Union and the United States
This comparison describes the systems in early 2014. China receives the world's largest volume of design applications and protects industrial designs within its Patent Law, in line with its industrial
Read article ↗A comparison of design protection in China and Japan
This comparison describes the systems in early 2014. China, the country with the largest volume of design applications, protects designs within the framework of its Patent Law, alongside inventions an
Read article ↗A comparison of design protection in China and South Korea
This comparison describes the systems in early 2014. China protects designs, inventions and utility models under one statute, the Patent Law. This article introduces China's design system and compares
Read article ↗China’s patent agencies and patent attorneys at the end of 2013
Question: How many patent attorneys and patent agencies are there in China, and what proportion of Chinese applications are handled by agencies?
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