the 249th Issue: The 5th China IP Annual Forum Concluded in Beijing-China Intellectual Property

· Recommendation of Global IP Firms of China-related Business

Based on the 2014 World Intellectual Property Indicators published by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in December 2014, patent applications filed worldwide in 2013 amounted to around 2.57 million, up 9% from 2012... More

· Top 10 Chinese innovative companies with most patents

Innovation is now a key factor in the development of industries ranging from IT to agriculture to communications, pushing growth of Chinese enterprises faster and higher on a global scale... More

News in Brief

· China IP Awarding List

· Zhongguancun patent applications surge

· PPH pilot program to adopt new application form

· China seeks to treble patent filings by 2020

· Xinjiang Oilfield Company’s five patents win International Invention Award

· Chongqing: Patent loans

· INTA elects Adobe counsel as new president

· Madrid Protocol changes come into effect

· Toyota makes available nearly 6,000 patents royalty free

· IBM ’breaks record’ for granted US patents

China IP Articles

·Hot issues for China’s Employment Invention Regulation Issue 63, By SIPO, [Comprehensive Reports]

Article 4 The term "invention" as used in this Regulation means intellectual creative achievements, including the rights to patents, the rights of new plant varieties, the exclusive rights of layout- designs of integrated circuits, or technical secrets, that are accomplished in the territory of China and protected as subject... More

·The minefield of trademark assignment Issue 63, By Yuan Zhenfu, Vice Director at Intellectual Property Institute of Shanghai University, Columnist of China IP, [Trademark]

Though trademark assignment seems simple, it is actually quite complicated. Even Apple Inc. (Apple) was trapped with their iPad trademark assignment. In December 2009, Apple’s shell company UK I P Application Development (IPAD) bought the registered trademark rights for the iPad in different countries, including Mainland China, from the Proview affiliate in Taiwan for 35,000 pounds... More