China Updates Guidance On Trademark Non-use Cancellations

China is by far the biggest market in the world for Intellectual Property (IP), not least trademarks. In 2023,  according to statistics published by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), there were nearly 7.5 million trademark applications in the country (measured by class count). That was almost nine times the number for the United States in the equivalent period and more than 20 times that of the United Kingdom. Overall, China accounted for 47.2 percent of all trademark filings worldwide that year.

More lately, information published by the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) indicates that, at the end of 2024, there were more than 47.6 million registered trademarks in force in the country – and that number continues to grow.