CNIPA (formerly known as SIPO) and USPTO had been exchanging electronic priority documents to facilitate swift handling of priority request for patent applications since October 8, 2014.

Intellectual Property Office of Taiwan (TIPO), China launched the trial of the Accelerated Examination Program for Reexamination (AEPRe) on September 1, 2024.

During the second China-Central Asia Summit, under the joint witness of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the China National Intellectual Property Administration...

Recently, the first 10 GI product protection applications received by the restructured SIPO were published. Since the launching in 1996, the GI product protection in China scaled up year by year with prominent results achieved, with 2,359 GI products protected including 2,298 from domestic and 61 from international applicants

According to the provisions of Article 49 of the Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China and Rule 66 of the Implementing Regulations of the Trademark Law, where a registered trademark...

According to the result of the 2018 Global Software Survey released by the Business Software Alliance (BSA), the global piracy rate of PC software has declined, and the piracy rate has decreased by 2% to 37%, as compared with 2016. Among them, China's PC software piracy rate dropped the most.

The latest edition of the Madrid System Yearly Review is now online, providing you with facts and figures on the use of the Madrid...

Recently, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) published the newly revised Regulations under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) on its official website. These regulations are now in effect.

Trademark applicants are no longer required to submit Notifications of Refusal / Partial Refusal when applying for review (excluding refusal review of Madrid International marks).

Land-well is a company leading in R&D, production, sales and after-sales service of high tech security products. It constantly innovates and introduces high-quality products under its own IP rights to the market.

As approved by the Madrid Union Assembly in July 2025, starting from November 1, 2025, all holders of international trademark registrations (referred to as "assets") and their representatives...

On September 1, the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) of China signed a Memorandum of Understanding...

Beginning from August 28, 2018, the former State Intellectual Property Office of China (SIPO) changes its English name to China National Intellectual Property Administration, officially abbreviated as "CNIPA".

The Informative User Guide for the View and Drawing Requirements of Designs of the Industrial Design 5 (ID5) Offices is a joint project led by the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA)...

Wu Liangcai Optical Co., Ltd. of Shanghai Sanlian (Group) Co., Ltd. ("Wu Liangcai", one of the joint "Plaintiffs") has a history tracing back to 1719 and opened a branch store in Nanjing in 1947.

On August 31, 2018, the Fifth Session of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress of China (NPCC) passed the "E-commerce Law of China", which will come into force on January 1, 2019.

Recently, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) issued 2015 Global Innovation Index Report.

Recently, the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) released the 2024 Annual Report of the CNIPA. In the report, SHEN Changyu, Commissioner of the CNIPA, noted in his message...

On April 19, 2018, China Supreme Court published " 50 Typical IP Cases of Chinese Courts in 2017".

October 26, 2017, Beijing Intellectual Property Court held public hearing of the administrative litigation case initiated by Gmedia Beijing Co. Ltd. against Patent Reexamination Board concerning invalidation of Gmedia's 2-dimensional code patent.