CNIPA June 2025 Press Conference: Central Rectification of 35 Firms with Large Number of ‘Abnormal’ Patent Applications; Explore Use of AI in Patent Examination

Posted on Categories Uncategorized

On June 27, 2025, China’s National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) held their monthly press conference. Two highlights include the status of the “Blue Sky” patent agency rectification campaign and the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in patent examination. CNIPA stated that it imposed “centralized rectification of 35 institutions that have been found to have a large number of abnormal applications, and intends to impose heavy penalties such as suspension of business and license revocation.” With respect to AI, CNIPA stated, …

China’s National People’s Congress Passes Amended Anti-Unfair Competition Law

Posted on Categories New Law, Rule or Implementing Regulation, Trade Secrets, Trademarks, Uncategorized, Unfair Competition

On June 27, 2025, China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) passed the newly amended Anti-Unfair Competition Law (中华人民共和国反不正当竞争法). The amended Anti-Unfair Competition Law (AUCL) will be effective October 15, 2025.  While China is not a common law country, Article 7 of the AUCL nonetheless provides common law-like protection for unregistered marks that have a “certain influence.” Article 7 is updated to prohibit the use of others’ trademarks as business names or search keywords. However, this revision does not address much needed …

U.S. Trade Representative Releases 2025 Special 301 Report – China Failed to Implement or Only Partially Implemented IP Commitments Under the Phase One Agreement

Posted on Categories Uncategorized

On April 29, 2025, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) released the 2025 Special 301 Report on Intellectual Property Protection and Enforcement, of which 10 pages focus on China.  The USTR stated, “serious concerns remain regarding long-standing issues like technology transfer, trade secrets, counterfeiting, online piracy, copyright law, patent and related policies, bad faith trademarks, and geographical indications. China has failed to implement or only partially implemented a number of its commitments on intellectual property under the United States-China Economic …

China Launches Special Campaign to “Clear Up and Rectify the Abuse of AI”

Posted on Categories Uncategorized

On April 30, 2025, China’s Cyberspace Administration (CAC) launched a 3-month campaign to “clear up and rectify the abuse of AI technology” including using information that infringes on others’ intellectual property rights, privacy rights and other rights.  Per the Cyberspace Administration, “the first phase will strengthen the source governance of AI technology, clean up and rectify illegal AI applications, strengthen AI generation and synthesis technology and content identification management, and promote website platforms to improve their detection and identification capabilities. …