The China National Intellectual Property Administration (“CNIPA”) formally announced the newly amended Patent Examination Guidelines (“Guidelines”) effective on November 1, 2019. The Guidelines were amended to improve patent quality and efficient examination. Highlights 1. Examiner interviews are made more available, allowing applicants to request interviews anytime during substantive examination. 2. Applicants may request expedited examination pursuant to “Regulation on Patent Prioritized Examination.” 3. For same-day filing of invention and utility model patent applications, by default, the invention patent application is …
Upcoming Shanghai Conference – Design of Medical Devices
SLW is sponsoring the upcoming Design of Medical Devices Conference in Shanghai, China on December 6-8, 2019. Douglas Portnow and Aaron Wininger, Director of the China Intellectual Property Practice at SLW will be speaking about patent law including using Chinese local government subsidies and rewards to build your patent portfolio at minimal cost. The Design of Medical Devices Conference aims to strengthen the cooperation between academic world and industry, facilitate medical device-related policies, research and education at the University of Minnesota …
WIPO Launches UDRP for .CN and .中国 ccTLD
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) launched a Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (UDRP) for .CN and .中国 (China) country code Top-Level Domain (ccTLD), the first non-Chinese entity to do so. Previously, the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission Online Dispute Solution Center (CIETAC ODRC) or the Hong Kong International Arbitration Center (HKIAC) were authorized by the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) to handle domain name disputes for these domains. The .CN and .中国ccTLD is among the largest in …
Extended CNIPA Holiday Closure – Chinese National Day
The China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) will be closed from October 1, 2019 to October 7, 2019 for the Chinese National Day holiday. All official deadlines falling on the above dates will be automatically extended to October 8, 2019. Note that Saturday, September 28, 2019 and Saturday, October 12, 2019 will be work days and CNIPA will be open. Accordingly, please provide your Chinese counsel with instructions for actions due as soon as possible to avoid a rush immediately …