the 204th Issue:SIPO dealt with 825 thousand patent applications on inventions in 2013-China Intellectual Property

· China nabs 60,000 copyright pirates in 2013

As many as 59,222 people suspected of intellectual property rights (IPR) infringement were seized by Chinese police in 2013, the Ministry of Public Security revealed on Tuesday... More

· Shen Changyu Meets Zhao Wen, Vice Mayor of Shanghai

On January 3, SIPO Commissioner Shen Changyu met Zhao Wen, Vice Mayor of Shanghai in Beijing. The two sides exchanged ideas and discussed the development of IPR in Shanghai over the recent years... More

News in Brief

· Hunan: Patent filings exceeding 40 thousand

· Tianjin: Patent applications in Binhai District hit 24,087

· Liaoning: Shipbuilders hit milestone

· Jiangsu: Fake pencil ring rubbed out

· Shanghai: Emerging industries stressed

· Hubei: IP office to set up exchange

· EU and China join forces to promote IP

· UK parliament hears second reading of IP Bill

· New peak at the European Patent Office: more than 265 000 patent filings received in 2013 (+2.8%)

· Tactics for Initiating Intellectual Property Litigation in China ----Taking Infringement on Exhibitions for Example

China IP Articles

· The innovation of patent auction service mechanism— interview with Li Zhonghua, vice president of China Technology Exchange Issue 57, By Kevin Nie,[Patent]

Since the first patent auction in 2010, through three-year’s exploration and practice, China Technology Exchange (CTEX) has achieved positive results in the aspects of improving the trading system and rules, innovating the trading mechanism and models, cultivating market and etc., which have produced a good social influence and typical demonstration effect...More

· Preemptive trademark registration of cartoon characters-Legal protection on foreign cartoon character licensing in China Issue 57, By Xie Lijia, Xu Weikang,[Trademark]

Long being popular in China, the derivative products of fashionable foreign cartoon characters, such as "Doraemon," "Crayon Shin-chan," and many of Disney’s characters, have been deeply rooted in China, and have profound impact on Chinese market... More