As the Year of the Tiger begins, WIPO announced the exciting news that China has decided to join the Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs, to be effective from May 5, 2022.

A Beijing court dedicated to intellectual property right (IPR) cases has said it handled about 18,000 cases in 2018, up 19 percent year on year.

The Beijing IP Court has issued a preliminary injunction against a patent infringer in a pharmaceutical case earlier this year.

A patent infringement dispute between two Chinese companies has seen a total amount of RMB 1 billion (about US$ 150 million) damages requested, a record for a Chinese patent infringement case.

Beijing Sinda Law Offices has helped its clients develop evidence preservation strategies and assisted the court to take preservative measures several times.

General Provisions of the Civil Law of the People's Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as General Provisions of the Civil Law) has been adopted at the 5th Session...

It is provided in Article 63 of Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as "Trademark Law") that:

Most countries have established confidentiality review measures to first conduct a confidentiality review where a foreign patent application needs to be made for an invention/creation.

National Intellectual Property Administration, PRC (CNIPA) has published its No.286

Shanghai IP Court recently made a final ruling on a copyright infringement and unfair competition case between the Germany- based Fischertechnik GmbH Company and Shanghai Dongfang Training Aid Company/Shanghai Yaxun Intelligent Robot Company, ...

In 2018 alone, some 100,000 abnormal trademark applications were rejected.

China and the United States have agreed to increase cooperation in intellectual property protection to facilitate trade and investment, according to a recent joint statement.

The trademark and unfair competition dispute involving Guiyang Nanming Laoganma Food Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Guiyang Laoganma Company") vs. Guizhou Yonghong Food Co., Ltd.

China has intensified its efforts to protect intellectual property rights over the past year, with more steps planned for this year, such as amending the Patent Law to substantially increase the cost of infringement, authorities said on Tuesday.

The trademark and unfair competition dispute involving Guiyang Nanming Laoganma Food Co., Ltd. vs. Guizhou Yonghong Food Co., Ltd. and Beijing Auchan Supermarket Co., Ltd. was selected into Fifty Typical Intellectual Property Cases ...

Article 6 of the Patent Law specifies that "an invention-creation, made by a person in execution of the tasks of the entity to which he [or she] belongs".

Tesla, a renowned American electric vehicle brand, sought trademark registration of its namesake trademark on goods including batteries, and was denied for both TESLA and Tesla with figure were squatted.

2009 will likely be remembered as the year in which China solidified its position as a major force in intellectual property.

In this issue, we briefly discuss a 2021 patent invalidation case, in which the Supreme People's Court clarifies how inventiveness analyses, using the Three-Step Method...

On 15 August, 2017, Jiangsu Province Suzhou Intermediate People's Court (hereinafter called "Suzhou Intermediate Court") issued a first-instance judgment on the widely concerned "New Balance" trademark dispute.