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Reduction of China’s Patent Fees Increases Challenges For Patent Quality

  Since 2011, China is the world leader in the number of published invention patent applications (also the number of utility model and design patents is rising). China is in the process of doubling its number of patent applications (from more … Continue reading

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Prof Yahong Li Provides Overview of How China Put Innovation on Agenda, But “Patent Quantity Does Not Automatically Translate Into Quality Patents”

  Dr. Yahong Li (photo: middle), Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong, demonstrated how innovation has been prioritised in the People’s Republic of China during the years. – National Medium and Long Term Plan for Science and … Continue reading

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Grading Chinese Provinces and Cities for IPR Protection But Not Enforcement Useful Exercise?

Danny Friedmann   The goal of the China IP Index is to “assess and analyze the different development status of intellectual property capacities in 31 provinces and municipalities of China through setting up a scientific, systematic and formal system.” The … Continue reading

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China Launches International Patent Database

Photo Danny FriedmannRaise the flag, there is reason for celebration China’s State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) has launched a new patent search, see here.The search system also offers machine translation: China Patent Machine Translation (CPMT). “The system has more than 80 … Continue reading

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Patents in China: Quantity Obsessed Quality Challenged

Time for quality patentsPhoto: Danny Friedmann Now we are all following Ericsson sueing ZTE for patent infringement in Germany, UK and Italy, read here. Followed of course by ZTE trying to invalidate Ericsson’s patent at China’s Patent Re-examination Board, read here, because of … Continue reading

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Incremental Pharmaceutical Inventions in China and India: “No Need to Reinvent the Wheel”

For those who missed it, in 2008, the Intellectual Property Association of Japan (IPAJ) published an interesting article by Parama Sinha Palit and Bhaskar Bhattacharya called ‘Does Intellectual Property Laws in India and China Encourage Innovation’. Messrs Palit and Bhattacharya, … Continue reading

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Almost One Million Patent Applications in China in 2009

China’s State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) reports the following statistics: 976,686 patent applications (up 17.9%) 877,611 domestic (89.9% and up 22.4%) 99,075 from abroad (10.1%, down 10.9%) 229,096 invention-patents (up 17.7%) 308,861 utility model-patents (up 37.9%) 339,654 design-patents (up 13.7%) … Continue reading

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Patent Quality in China: “You could patent a wheel”

Ms Patti Waldmeir wrote a great article for the Financial Times about Chinese patents ‘The value of branding becomes patent’, read here. On the positive side Ms Waldmeir noticed that China is the country where most companies are filing for … Continue reading

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