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News express: China releases a 15-year blueprint on the development of intellectual property rights (2021–2035)

The IPKat

On 22 September 2021, China released a 15-year plan to develop intellectual property rights (IPR): ‘The Outline of Building a Powerful Intellectual Property Nation’ (2021–2035). The Outline’ (2021–2035) is highly noteworthy, comparable to the 2008 Outline of the National Intellectual Property Strategy. ‘The

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Navigating Partial Design Rejections in China

LexBlog IP

As outlined in our previous post , on June 1, 2021 the Fourth Amendment to the Chinese Patent Law came into effect, allowing partial claiming in design patent applications. What Does it Mean to Fail to Form a “Relatively Independent Area” or a “Relatively Complete Design Unit” of a Product?

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The Moving Target of Partial Design Protection Under Chinese Law

LexBlog IP

As outlined in our previous post , securing a partial design claim in China is akin to hitting a moving target, as the interpretation of partial design claims in China has varied among cases and examiners. ” While it is unclear just how “connected” the parts must be, we offer the example of FIG.

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The annual World Intellectual Property Indicators Report (WIPI) and China’s IP boom

The IPKat

On 8 November 2021, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) published its annual World Intellectual Property Indicators Report ( WIPI ), reviewing global IP activity in 2020. It is hardly news anymore to see that China tops the list in IP filing.

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World Intellectual Property Indicators 2020 or how all roads lead to China (ii): trademarks, industrial designs and creative industry  

Garrigues Blog

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has published its World Intellectual Property Indicators Report 2020 , which contains valuable information on changes in intellectual property indicators and trends worldwide, from 2018 to 2019, as we discussed in this post. Trademarks.

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Light Administrative Injunctions for Designs in China: Status-check on the 2021 Shenzhen AMR Reform

IP Tech Blog

. In June 2021 the Shenzhen Administration for Market Regulation (Shenzhen AMR) issued the first ever provisions on administrative injunctions against the infringement of a design patents, including online infringements. Given the recent implementation, we will need to wait to see if and how such tool will be used.

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China: Design Patents and the Metaverse

IP Tech Blog

China in particular, struggles in adapting and coping with the ever increasing need of both foreign and Chinese brands to obtain suitable trademark protection. Are they protectable by design patents? Overview of current legislation in China. Since then, giant companies all over the world ? Article 2.4