China’s National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) released the Administrative Measures for Credit Evaluation of Patent Agencies (Trial) (专利代理信用评价管理办法(试行)) on April 11, 2023 and effective May 1, 2023. The Measures follow up on the trial implementation in a few provinces and the Draft Measures issued on October 8, 2022. Low grades will lead to increased inspections and other penalties.
Category: Patents
China’s National Intellectual Property Administration to Continue Cracking Down on IP Agency Misbehavior in “Blue Sky” Rectification Campaign
On April 10, 2023, China’s National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) issued the Notice of the State Intellectual Property Office on Further Carrying Out the “Blue Sky” Special Rectification Action of the Intellectual Property Agency Industry (国家知识产权局关于进一步深入开展知识产权代理行业“蓝天”专项整治行动的通知). The Notice states that CNIPA will continue its Blue Sky rectification program by cracking down on both trademark and patent agencies that violate laws and regulations. Similar Notices were issued in January 2022 and March 2021. Under the Blue Sky campaign CNIPA has been …
China Targeting 45% Jump in Patent Application Filings in 2023 per Annual Budget
On March 28, 2023, the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) issued its 2023 Budget (国家知识产权局2023年部门预算). On the patent side, CNIPA is targeting a 45% jump in invention and utility model patent application filings in 2023 to at least 4.82 million applications versus the 2022 target. CNIPA is targeting to complete examination of at least 1.923 million applications compared with last year’s target of 1.809 million (a 6% increase). Nonetheless, CNIPA plans to maintain an examination timeline of 16.5 months …
China’s Supreme People’s Court Releases “Summary of Judgments of the Intellectual Property Tribunal of the Supreme People’s Court (2022)”
On March 30, 2023, China’s Supreme People’s Court releases the “Summary of Judgments of the Intellectual Property Tribunal of the Supreme People’s Court (2022)” (最高人民法院知识产权法庭裁判要旨摘要（2022)). The Intellectual Property Tribunal of the Supreme People’s Court (SPC) selected 61 typical cases from 3,468 cases concluded in 2022, and extracted 75 judgment summaries. The judgment summaries for IP-related cases, as provided by the SPC, follow.