Recently, the Beijing Intellectual Property Court has reformed the pre-docketing system. Previously, the pre-docketing system was only applicable to foreign, Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan entities...
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1. Changes in the pre-docketing system of the Beijing
Intellectual Property Court
Recently, the Beijing Intellectual Property Court has reformed
the pre-docketing system. Previously, the pre-docketing system was
only applicable to foreign, Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan entities,
as the formality documents of such entities required notarization
and legalization. Upon pre-docketing , relevant entities had to
submit the notarized and legalized formality documents within three
months, and such deadline is extensible during the pandemic, and
the longest extension shall not exceed 3 months. After this reform,
the scope of application of the pre-docketing system has been
expanded to include another 2 situations where pre-docketing can be
applied for administrative appeals for trademark refusal. An
applicant shall submit a pre-docketing application within the
legally stipulated time limit and shall clarify the reasons for the
application and submit corresponding evidence or
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