2026-08-28
Administrative complaints to local IP offices are the fastest and cheapest first strike against infringement. 向地方知识产权局行政投诉，是对侵权最快、成本最低的第一击。The 2027 Trademark Law extends cross-class well-known-mark protection to unregistered famous marks. ...
2026-08-28
China's Trademark Law has been fully revised for the first time since 1983, adopted on 26 June 2026 (Presidential Order No. 77) and effective 1 January 2027. 中国《商标法》自1983年施行以来首次全面修订，于2026年6月26日修订通过（主席令第七十七号），自2027年1月1日起施行。The...
2026-08-28
China Customs protects five types of IP at the border — trademarks, patents, copyright, Olympic marks, and World Expo marks — and a recordal with GACC is the prerequisite...
2026-08-28
Alongside courts, China runs a powerful administrative IP-protection track — administrative adjudication (行政裁决) and administrative enforcement — that is often faster and cheaper than litigation for foreign rights-holders. ...
2026-08-28
China recognises three patent types: invention (20-year term, substantive examination), utility model (10-year term, fast no-substantive-exam), and design (15-year term since the 2020 amendment). 中国承认三类专利：发明专利（20 年、实质审查）、实用新型（10 年、快速且不经实质审查）、外观设计（2020 年修正后延至...
2026-08-28
On 1 August 2026 China and Europe launched a bilateral Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) pilot, while a separate PPH pilot between CNIPA and Indonesia's DGIP also took effect the...
2026-08-28
China's 2020 Patent Law reform introduced an *open licensing* system: a patentee may declare a patent openly licensable at a published royalty, and any party can obtain a licence...
2026-08-28
CNIPA Order No. 85, the new Measures for the Administration of Prioritized Patent Examination, was promulgated on 28 July 2026 and takes effect on 1 September 2026, repealing the...
2026-08-28
China acceded to the Hague Agreement (1999 Act) on 5 February 2022 and it took effect on 5 May 2022, giving foreign and Chinese applicants one filing route to...