On 18 April 2015, the Beijing Higher People's Court released a report summarizing IP cases of 2014 and publicized the ten most prominent IP cases handled by Beijing courts in 2014. The Beijing courts witness a 15.99% increase in the volume of new IP cases amounting to 11,232 first-instance cases …
Archives for April 2015
Service Invention Regulation draft published for comment in China
On April 2, 2015, the State Government of China has published a draft of Service Invention Regulation ("Draft")for public comment, and the deadline for accepting comment is May 2, 2015. The State Government intends to stimulate creativeness of investors and protect the inventor's interest and …
New changes proposed by the SIPO to the China Patent Law
The State Intellectual Property Office has proposed to modify the China Patent Law and issued a draft soliciting public comment on April 1, 2015. The deadline for submitting comments is April 30, 2015 and by that time, the SIPO will submit the draft to the National Congress Standing Committee to …
