Patent Administrative Law Enforcement Measures Amended

Patent Administrative Law Enforcement Measures of China was amended recently and was implemented on July 1, 2015.

The amended Measures enhances the function and power of local intellectual property offices against patent infringement and patent counterfeiting, especially in exhibition and e-business field, which involve more and more patent disputes nowadays.

For example, the amended Measures prescribes that a local intellectual property office may order the exhibitor of infringing or counterfeit products to immediately retreat exhibits from the exhibition, destroy or seal related propaganda materials, and change or cover the display boards etc. Once a local intellectual property office found patent infringement or patent counterfeiting on any e-commerce platform, it shall inform the provider of the e-business platform and ask them to delete or disconnect the relevant webpages.