According to State Intellectual Property Office's (SIPO) press conference for the third quarter of 2017, in the first half of the year, PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty) applications received by SIPO climbed to the 20,000 plateau, logging at 21,600 and up 16% year on year. Six provinces (cities), namely Guangdong, Beijing, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Shandong, Zhejiang accounted for nearly 90% of all applications, with Guangdong dwarfing all others at 11,900.
The State Intellectual Property Office and the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau of Hong Kong signed the Cooperation Arrangement in the Area of Intellectual Property last week, with the aim of strengthening IP exchanges and cooperation between the mainland and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
China IP comprehensive development level multiplies, according to 2016 China IP Development Situation Evaluation Report issued by the State Intellectual Property Office in Beijing. This report also shows that China IP comprehensive development index has been improving stably since 2010, doubled from 100 points in 2010 to 200.3 points in 2016.
Recently, State Administration for Industry and Commerce of China (SAIC) published Opinions on Deeply Implementing Trademark & Brand Strategy and Promoting Chinese Brands Building (hereinafter referred to as Opinions), developing the trademark strategy into the trademark and brand strategy.
"We should build the Belt and Road into a road of innovation. Innovation is an important force powering development. The Belt and Road Initiative is new by nature and we need to encourage innovation in pursuing this initiative." On May 14, the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation opened, attracting worldwide attention.
In 2016, administrative law enforcement cases for patent, trademark reached 49,000 and 32,000, up by 36.5% and 3.4%. Companies secured a total loan of 111.96 billion yuan by pledging their patent, trademark and copyright, up 20.17%, sources from the press conference of the State Council Information Office said on April 25. In 2016, China promoted the construction of itself into an IP powerhouse and we saw many achievements in IP work.
Good news is brought to the spring. The Guideline on Innovative IP Management, the first proposal on IP management new international standard offered by China (hereinafter referred to as Guideline) is approved to be a project of Innovation Management Standardization Technical Committee under International Organization for Standardization (ISO/TC279).
The revised Guidelines for Patent Examination, a new set of rules regulating patent filings in China, will take effect on Saturday, ushering in expanded intellectual property protection for business models, the internet, e-commerce and big data, experts said.
In 2016, China saw an extraordinary growth in PCT filing (44.7%), and ZTE Corporation (4,123) overtook Huawei Technologies (3,692) as the biggest filer of international patent applications via WIPO. In 2016, China-based applicants filed 43,168 PCT applications, ranking the third position after the U.S. (56,595) and Japan (45,239). If this current trend continues, China will overtake the U.S. within two years as the largest user of the PCT System. "In an interlinked, knowledge-based global econo
The European Patent Office (EPO) on Tuesday published its 2016 Annual Report revealing China showed the highest growth in patent applications.
