This is a guest post by Toby Mak, Senior Counsel and Patent Attorney at Tee & Howe. It was reported in October 2021 that the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) accepted the first two patent infringement administrative complaints according to the Chinese Patent Law (2020), which empowers the CNIPA to accept such cases if they have nationwide influence. Now the first decision was issued by the CNIPA on 27 July 2022, and is available here (Chinese only). The subject …
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Chinese Customs Announces a Batch of Typical Cases of Intellectual Property Infringement
On July 25, 2022, the General Administration of Customs of the People’s Republic of China released a notice entitled “Batch of Typical Cases of Intellectual Property Infringement” (一批侵犯知识产权典型案例) involving the protection of intellectual property rights including trademarks, copyrights and patents, etc. that involved both Chinese and foreign rights holders. Rightsholders included Samsung, BMW, Hasbro, Timberland, and others. Per Chinese Customs, 45.27 million infringing goods were seized in two special law enforcement actions including “Longteng Action 2022” and “Blue Net Action …
China’s National Intellectual Property Administration Releases Guidelines for Intellectual Property Protection at Exhibitions
On July 22, 2022, China’s National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) released the Guidelines for Intellectual Property Protection at Exhibitions (展会知识产权保护指引). The Guidelines allow for setting up a workstation at an exhibition to accept intellectual property infringement complaints, provide judgement opinions on same, transfer evidence to relevant law enforcement departments, etc. If a respondent doesn’t not reply to a complaint within 24 hours of receipt, the complaint of infringement was confirmed via valid legal documents, or respondent admits infringement, the exhibition …
CNIPA Press Conference: Chinese Invention Patent Grants Up 16% in 2022 H1, Shanghai-Originated Invention Patent Applications Drop Due to COVID-19 Lockdown
At a July 12, 2022 press conference (国新办举行上半年知识产权相关工作统计数据新闻发布会), China’s National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) announced that for the first half of 2022, the number of invention patent grants reached 393,000 (up 16% from 2021 H1), 1,473,000 utility model patents were granted (up 10.9%), and 383,000 design patents were granted (down 2.5%).