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China receives more than 650,000 invention patent applications in 2012
According to SIPO statistics released on January 8, 2013, SIPO received 653,000 invention patent applications in 2012, up 24.0% from the previous year. It granted 217,000 invention patents, an increase of 26.1%.
SIPO receives 14% more PCT applications in 2012
SIPO received 19,926 PCT applications in 2012, an increase of 14.0% over the previous year. Domestic applicants filed 18,145, representing 91.1% of the total and an increase of 12.8%. Foreign applicants filed 1,781, up 28.7%.
A City College speaker’s five principles for doing business in China
Savio Chan, president and CEO of US China Partners Inc., presented five principles for doing business in China using the letters of CHINA as a mnemonic. The points below report his advice.
Post-grant procedures for standard patents in Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s patent system in 2013 provides standard patents and short-term patents. The Patents Registry of the Intellectual Property Department handles registration. Although the Patents Ordinance sets requirements such as novelty and inventive step, the Department examines formalities rather than conducting substantive examination of those requirements before grant.
Read article ↗Choosing between an invention patent and a utility model at PCT national entry
Question: Our client intends to enter the Chinese national phase of a PCT application but has not decided whether to seek an invention patent or a utility model. Can an invention patent application be converted to a utility model application, or vice versa? If so, when?
Examining identical and similar composite trademarks in China
Article 8 of the Trademark Law described in this article permits registration of visual signs capable of distinguishing one person’s goods or services from those of others, including words, designs, letters, numbers, three-dimensional signs, colour combinations and combinations of these elements. A composite mark combines different elements, such as wording and a design.
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