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Proposals for the third amendment to China’s Trademark Law
The proposed third amendment to the Trademark Law is expected to increase penalties for infringement and strengthen trademark protection in four respects.
Japan plans to classify Chinese patent documents using its FI system
According to a July 26 report in Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun, Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) allocated ¥2 billion in its fiscal 2013 budget for classifying Chinese patent documents under Japan’s File Index (FI) system.
Pilot expands for unified handling of civil, administrative and criminal IP cases
In the first half of 2012, the Supreme People’s Court further promoted a pilot under which intellectual property divisions centrally hear civil, administrative and criminal IP cases. It developed coordination mechanisms between the three types of proceedings and improved the IP adjudication system and working arrangements.
Japan–China PPH pilot extended to October 31, 2013
The Japan Patent Office and China’s State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) began a one-year Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) pilot on November 1, 2011. The pilot is now being extended by a further year, to October 31, 2013.
The proposed fourth amendment to China’s Patent Law: changes and comments
China has both administrative and judicial routes for addressing patent and trademark infringement. The proposed changes discussed here place particular emphasis on the powers of administrative authorities.
Read article ↗Must a design created in China be filed in China first?
Question: A German client has a Chinese subsidiary, where a Chinese employee created a design. The client normally first files a Community design application and then files a Chinese design application claiming priority from it. Does Chinese law require a Chinese designer to file the first design application in China?
Does an inventor’s Chinese nationality require a foreign filing licence?
Question: We have prepared a US patent application and wonder whether a foreign filing licence from SIPO is required because one inventor is a Chinese citizen. If this inventor neither conceived nor worked on their part of the invention in China, is such a licence necessary?
How is the check digit of a Chinese application number calculated?
Question: What do the digits after the decimal point in numbers such as 200610045875.9 and 89200001.5 mean, and how are they calculated?
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Why do Chinese patent application numbers have different lengths?
Question: Chinese application numbers contain different numbers of digits, for example 200610045875.9 and 89200001.5. What rules govern their format?
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