1. The Supreme Court’s Interpretation on Punitive Damages in Intellectual Property Disputes (Law Interpretation [2026] No. 7) took effect on May 1, 2026 The Interpretation applies where a defendant intentionally infringes ...

1.CNIPA Strengthens Trademark Use Supervision On Dec 30, 2025, CNIPA issued a circular to tighten trademark use management, targeting 7 major illegal actsto purify the market and protect con ...

1.Guidelines for Patent Examinationwas revised and enteredinto force on 1 January 2026in China.Major changes include: i)clarify the definition of plant ...

1.On June 27, 2025, theamendment to the Anti-Unfair Competition Lawhas been passed and will take effect on October 15, 2025in China. <<The main amendments include the addition of eight new clauses, bringing the total number ...

1. Starting from 1 January 2026 (inclusive), any patent application, request for re-examination, request for invalidation, or related procedural act submitted electronically must be filed in XML format. CNIPA will no longer accept ...

1.On April 21, 2025, the Supreme Court released “Abstract of the Annual Report on the Application of Law in Intellectual Property Cases by Chinese Courts (2024)”. << The rep ...

The CNIPA issued notices regarding the official fee for Patent Term Compensation on August 6, 2024. Hereinafter is a summary of the notices.

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Starting July 1, 2024, it will no longer be necessary to provide the granted Patent Specification “專利說明書” and the Patent Register “專利登記簿副本“ for the extension Invention Patent applications, nevertheless, the ...

The revised Implementing Regulations of the Patent Law and revised Guideline for Patent Examination will come into force on January 20, 2024 in China, wherein the CNIPA will abolish the 15-day mailing grace period for response to ...

On March 8, 2023, China acceded to the Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents. The Convention will enter into force in China on November 7, 2023. The Convention is the most widely a ...