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WIPO adds three million Chinese patent documents to PATENTSCOPE
WIPO has added approximately three million Chinese patent documents to its searchable online database, PATENTSCOPE, bringing the number of searchable records to more than 32 million.
China was the largest destination for Korean overseas trademark filings
According to the Korean Intellectual Property Office’s release of September 12, 2013, Korean applicants filed 49,617 patent applications abroad in 2011. The United States was the largest destination, with 27,289 applications, approximately 55% of the total. China accounted for 16.4%, Japan for 10.1%, and the European Patent Office for 9.9%. These figures concern Korean applicants filing abroad, rather than foreign applicants filing in Korea.
IP5 offices agree to launch a joint Patent Prosecution Highway pilot
At their meeting in Geneva on September 23, 2013, the five IP5 offices—the European Patent Office, Japan Patent Office, Korean Intellectual Property Office, China’s State Intellectual Property Office, and United States Patent and Trademark Office—agreed to launch a comprehensive Patent Prosecution Highway pilot in January 2014.
Calculating patent annuities in China: comparison with Japan
When calculating annuities for a client’s quotation, take care to use the correct starting point for each patent year. In China, years are counted from the filing date. In Japan, the first fee year begins with registration. The following example illustrates the difference; the appendix sets out the Chinese and Japanese fee schedules used in this article.
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Alternative protection routes for product designs in China
Designs are protected under China’s Patent Law. Article 2 defines a design as a new design of the shape, pattern, or their combination, or the combination of colour with shape and pattern, of a product that creates an aesthetic effect and is suitable for industrial application. A design granted a Chinese patent is protected by the Patent Law.
Read article ↗The doctrine of equivalents in Chinese patent infringement analysis
Patent protection is determined by the claims. Literal infringement occurs when the alleged product or process contains each and every claimed technical feature identically. If one or more features are not literally identical but are equivalent to the corresponding claimed features, infringement may also arise under the doctrine of equivalents.
Read article ↗When are Chinese patent applications published?
Question: When is a Chinese patent application first published? Does claiming priority affect the publication date? When is a PCT application published after entry into the Chinese national phase?
Comparing third-party observation procedures in China and Japan
Question: What are the main differences between the third-party observation systems in China and Japan?
China’s 2013 Trademark Law amendment: changes to opposition proceedings
China adopted the third amendment to its Trademark Law on 30 August 2013, with effect from 1 May 2014.
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