China gains progress in IP development in H1

China's intellectual property (IP) development has gained progress during the first half of 2023, the country's top IP regulator told a press conference on Tuesday. In the first six months of this year, China granted 433,000 invention patents, 1.1 million utility model patents and 344,000

design patents, said Hu Wenhui, deputy head of the National Intellectual Property Administration. During the same period, China saw 35,000 international applications filed under the World Intellectual Property Organization's Patent Cooperation Treaty. By the end of June, the total number of valid invention patents in China exceeded 4.56 million...

IP body firm on preventing trademark abuse

China's top intellectual property regulator said that it has issued warnings about IP infringements related to upcoming sports events in a bid to ensure they unfold smoothly and to protect the public interest. Since June, the China National Intellectual Property Administration

has been running a campaign to crack down on malicious trademark registrations, including some associated with the upcoming Asian Games and Asian Paralympic Games in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, as well as to the 31st FISU World University Games in Chengdu, Sichuan province, according to Hu Wenhui, deputy head of the administration...

China contributes to global green development with low-carbon tech innovation

China has become an important contributor to global innovation in green and low-carbon technologies, according to the country's top IP regulator. "The latest statistics indicate that China is an important contributor to global innovation in green and low-carbon technologies,"

said Ge Shu, a senior official of the National Intellectual Property Administration, at a press conference on Tuesday. He added that Chinese patentees received 178,000 invention patents in green and low-carbon technologies from 2016 to 2022, accounting for 31.9 percent of the global total. Thirteen Chinese enterprises and research institutes entered the list of global top 50 holders of green and low-carbon technology invention patents, including major state-owned enterprises such as State Grid Corporation of China and China Southern Power Grid Co Ltd and private companies such as Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Limited and BYD Company Limited...

Entities seek overseas IP protection

China has seen a rise in the number of domestic applications for international patents and trademarks, and its ability to resolve overseas intellectual property disputes has also improved, according to the country's top IP regulator. Data released by the China National Intellectual Property

Administration showed that from January to June, it accepted 33,000 applications under the global Patent Cooperation Treaty for international patents submitted by domestic entities, up 7.1 percent year-on-year. During the same period, it also received 3,024 domestic trademark applications under the Madrid system, up 12 percent year-on-year, the data said. Since China joined the Hague Agreement in May 2022, more than 150 international design applications have been submitted by Chinese applicants each month, ranking among the most in the world, according to the administration's data...