The number of cases handled by Chinese courts nationwide regarding intellectual property rights (IPR) disputes and violations surged in 2011.
China's smartphone industry is at risk of becoming embroiled in intellectual property disputes since many important patents are held by international companies.
Tianjin-headquartered Seagull Watch Group has again won an overseas intellectual property dispute with Swiss watchmaker Omega SA.
With a large amount of R&D investment and technical support, Chang Hong has applied for 1,545 patents over the past two years
a total of 684,163 valid patents had been authorized by SIPO in China, among which 342,466 are domestic patents, amounting to 50.1% of the total number
Jiangsu topped mainland provinces and municipalities with nearly 200,000 patents granted and more than 348,000 patent applications filed in 2011, according to the provincial intellectual property office.
Beijing - Last week the State Intellectual Property Office announced the top 10 provinces and municipalities for invention patents granted in 2011, with Guangdong topping the list at more than 18,000 inventions, followed by Beijing with nearly 16,000 and Jiangsu with more than 11,000.
Patents and innovation are crucial to modern commerce, yet what happens when an entrepreneur files for the intellectual property rights on the products his neighbors make?
Patents on 46 agricultural chemicals developed by foreign companies will expire in China over the next five years, providing a tempting yet pesky opportunity for domestic agrochemical companies.
Illustrating the area's increasing capacity for innovation, companies in East China's Suzhou Industry Park applied for more than 6,500 patents.
Intellectual property (IP) must be fully integrated into development as the nation moves toward a more sustainable and efficient economy, Tian Lipu, commissioner of the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO), said at a meeting in Beijing last week.
SIPO's proposal on incorporating Chinese patent documentation in PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty ) minimum documentation was passed at the PCT Union of the 49th Assemblies of the Member States of WIPO, held at Geneva, Switzerland on September 29th.
The number of patent applications filed to China's State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) in 2011 surged 33.63 percent from a year earlier to 1.63 million, according to data released by the office on Thursday.
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