CNIPA Issued Promotion Plan To Strengthen IP Protection

On November 4th 2022, CNIPA issued the "Promotion Plan for the In-depth Implementation of the Opinions on Strengthening the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights" (hereinafter referred to as the "Promotion Plan"), in which a timetable for each task was proposed, and some key tasks and timetables are listed as follows:

1. Implement the revision of "Rules for the Implementation of the Patent Law of China" ,"Guidelines for Patent Examination Guide" revision by the end of December 2022.

This means that the implementation rules documenting the PTE and PTA are expected to be implemented within the year.

2. Draft amendments to the "Regulations of China on the Protection of New Varieties of Plants" will be formulated by the end of December 2022.