5 articles
Enterprises must disclose IP pledge registration information
The Provisional Regulations on Disclosure of Enterprise Information were promulgated on August 7, 2014 and took effect on October 1. They implement the replacement of annual enterprise inspections wit
Read article ↗Jurisdiction of the IP courts in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou
The Beijing Intellectual Property Court was established on November 6, 2014. The Shanghai and Guangzhou IP courts were scheduled to be established by the end of 2014. On October 31, the Supreme People
Read article ↗First-instance IP cases in Chinese courts
The three figures show first-instance IP cases accepted and concluded by Chinese courts from 2008 to 2013, and concluded cases involving foreign parties from 2010 to 2013.
Read article ↗An introduction to the patent systems of Argentina, Brazil and Mexico
Latin America is attracting increasing attention from investors. Among its 34 countries and territories, Argentina, Brazil and Mexico are of particular interest to foreign companies. As businesses foc
Read article ↗Calculating the deadline for responding to a Chinese office action
Question: What are the deadlines for responding to Chinese office actions? For example, if the first office action was issued on August 4, 2014, when would the response be due?
Read article ↗