the 254th Issue: China to nurture world-class timepiece brands-China Intellectual Property

· China’s R&D expenditure surges

The sum spent on research and development (R&D) in China rose 12.4 percent year on year in 2014, an encouraging trend as the country has vowed to seek innovation-led growth, an official report indicated on Thursday. The Economic... More

· Lawmakers call for greater incentives for inventors

Chinese lawmakers on Friday asked for greater incentives for inventors in academia to commercially exploit their work. The draft revision to the Law on Promoting the Transformation of Scientific and Technological Achievements is... More

News in Brief

· Validation agreement with Morocco enters into force

· Australian researchers build 3D printed jet engines in world first

· EPO: patent applications up but granted patents fall in 2014

· UK government to boost protection against groundless IP threats

· Ericsson sues Apple over 41 patents

· Michelle Lee backed as USPTO director by Senate committee

· Federal jury orders Apple to pay $532.9M in patent disputed

· Patent applications lead the world

· China tops patent applications list in 2014

· Google teams up with 3 wireless carriers to combat Apple Pay

China IP Articles

·Global landscape of IP law changing-China Issue 64, By Emily Tan, China IP,[Comprehensive Reports]

The development of the intellectual property legal system started rather late in China compared with some of the developed countries. However, after the implementation of reform and opening-up policy, in order to integrate with the global economy and meet the needs of its own market economy development, China has... More

·Global landscape of IP law changing-UK Issue 64, By John Alty, Chief Executive Officer and Comptroller General of the UK Intellectual Property Office,[Comprehensive Reports]

In 2014 the UK has seen a number of significant changes to its IP landscape. Back in 2010, the UK Prime Minister David Cameron commissioned a review of IP and Growth. He asked... More