On December 10, 2025, China’s National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) released the Opinions on Strengthening the Operation and Management of Intellectual Property Protection Centers and Rapid Rights Protection Centers to Promote High-Quality and Collaborative Intellectual Property Protection (国家知识产权局关于加强知识产权保护中心和快速维权中心运行管理 高质量推进知识产权快速协同保护工作的意见). The Opinions aim to “promote the high-standard construction and high-quality operation of national-level intellectual property protection centers and rapid enforcement centers, effectively supporting the development of a unified national market and boosting high-quality economic growth.” One of the main goals of …
China’s National Intellectual Property Administration Releases Guidelines for Design Patent Applications Involving Graphical User Interfaces
On December 5, 2025, China’s National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) released the Guidelines for Design Patent Applications Involving Graphical User Interfaces (涉及图形用户界面的产品外观设计专利申请指引). Per CNIPA, “this guide aims to guide innovators to accurately understand the rules governing GUI-related product design by introducing it’s characteristics, application document requirements, and typical cases of GUI-related design, thereby improving the quality of GUI patent application drafting and responses and promoting the high-quality development of the design patent system.”
CNIPA November 2025 Press Conference: More Details on Examination of AI Patents and the Chinese IP Firm Rectification Campaign
On November 28, 2025, China’s National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) held a press conference that provided more details about the recently revised Guidelines for Patent Examination for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the recently announced Rectification Campaign on IP firms and IP practitioners that includes the Ministry of Public Security. Excerpts follow.
China’s National Intellectual Property Administration, Ministry of Public Security, and State Administration for Market Regulation Jointly Launch Rectification Campaign on IP Firms & Practitioners
On November 25, 2025, China’s National Intellectual Property Administration announced a joint rectification campaign in conjunction with the Ministry of Public Security and State Administration for Market Regulation. The campaign will last three months and “seriously illegal agencies and practitioners will be investigated and punished strictly according to law, ordered to rectify irregular practices, and typical cases of illegal agency practices will be publicly exposed to quickly create a deterrent effect.”