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Strong post-Brexit comeback shown by UKIPO's record-setting year
02 Aug

Strong post-Brexit comeback shown by UKIPO’s record-setting year

The Innovation and Growth Report 2021–22 was just released publicly by the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO). Some of the report’s most noteworthy talking points are the sharp increases in patent, trademark, and design filings, even though it provides numerous insights into how the office would help the UK “to become the most innovative and creative country in the world.” The UKIPO granted 10,798 patents in 2021–2022, which is the most in over 30 years, and that is the overall [...]

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The CNIPA publishes a revised draft of the trademark law
03 Jun

The CNIPA publishes a revised draft of the trademark law

The State Intellectual Property Office (CNIPA) promoted the revision of the China Trademark Law and released the Amendment to the Trademark Law (Draft for Comments) on January 13, 2023, which is currently available for comment. Specific suggestions for revising and improving the Draft for Comments must be provided by February 27, 2023. According to the CNIPA official site, this revision was required to comply with the requirements of the Communist Party of China’s 20th National Congress on “strengthening the legal protection of intellectual [...]

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WIPO: Indonesia is among the countries with the highest number of IP applications
28 May

WIPO: Indonesia is among the countries with the highest number of IP applications

According to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Indonesia is among the top ten developing countries with the most intellectual property (IP) applications. This achievement is the result of everyone’s effort in increasing the number of intellectual property applications in Indonesia. In addition, Indonesia has ranked in the top ten middle-income countries for the number of trademark registrations. According to WIPO’s 2021 annual report, which was issued at the end of 2022, Indonesia ranked second worldwide in regard to the number [...]

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International Conference on Intellectual Property to be Hosted in 2022 in China, Japan, and Korea
23 May

International Conference on Intellectual Property to be Hosted in 2022 in China, Japan, and Korea

The 2022 international symposium on intellectual property was jointly hosted on December 28, 2022, by the Chinese Intellectual Property Society (CIPS), the Intellectual Property Association of Japan (IPAJ), and the Korea Intellectual Property Society (KIPS). Heads of IPAJ and KIPS, CIPS President Tian Lipu, and Deputy Commissioner Lu Pengqi of the CNIPA delivered keynote speeches during the opening session. According to Lu, the international symposium has borne fruit 10 times over and is one of the main platforms for China, [...]

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Myanmar's 2019 Trademark Law Will Be Enforced Beginning In March 2023
09 May

Myanmar’s 2019 Trademark Law Will Be Enforced Beginning In March 2023

Myanmar’s Trademark Law, passed in 2019, will go into effect in March 2023, according to a statement made by the country’s Intellectual Property Department (IPD) on January 12, 2023. This significant official statement by the IPD signals the impending implementation of the new trademark framework and notifies trademark owners to make the necessary preparations to obtain trademark protection in Myanmar under the new legal system, even though an official notification stating the effective date of the Trademark Law has [...]

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Hong Kong approves legislation to make reciprocal enforcement of civil and commercial judgments straightforward
22 Mar

Hong Kong approves legislation to make reciprocal enforcement of civil and commercial judgments straightforward

The Hong Kong legislature passed The Mainland Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters (Reciprocal Enforcement) Ordinance (the Ordinance) on October 26, 2022, to enact the 2019 Arrangement on Reciprocal Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters by the Courts of the Mainland and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (the Mutual Arrangement). The Hong Kong government has stated that the Ordinance will take into force in about six to seven months, in the middle of 2023, [...]

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TIPO amends Patent Examination Guidelines
19 Mar

TIPO amends Patent Examination Guidelines in Taiwan

The Taiwan Intellectual Property Organization (TIPO) has published amendments to the following chapters in Part II (Substantive Examination for Invention Patents) of the Patent Examination Guidelines in order to address the requirements of examination practice and raise examination quality. These amendments went into effect on July 1, 2022. The highlights of the amendments are summarized in this article. Patent Examination Guidelines Amendments Article 32(3) of the Patent Law stipulates that when an applicant files for an invention patent and a utility model [...]

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Accelerated Trademark Examination Speed in China
11 Mar

Accelerated Trademark Examination Speed in China

It used to take about a year for the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) to conduct an official examination of a new trademark application. The procedure has accelerated, and the timeframe for examination has changed considerably. Official examination of trademark applications now typically takes 3-5 months, with some cases taking as little as two months. This implies that applicants should expect to hear about the status of their applications within 2-5 months. Despite the fact that China has a [...]

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Amendments to the Taiwanese Patent Examination Guidelines
13 Jan

Amendments to the Taiwanese Patent Examination Guidelines

Six chapters of the Patent Examination Guidelines saw several revisions by the Taiwan IP Office in June (“Revisions”). These finalized revisions went into effect on July 1, 2022, with the purpose of improving examination quality, harmonizing the Office’s internal viewpoints on various issues, and more effectively addressing common questions that have come up during the development of examination methods. The following is a summary of the main points. New procedures for examining a pending invention application in a situation involving [...]

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CNIPA and EPO extend the pilot project for international search authority for PCT Applications
08 Jan

CNIPA and EPO extend the pilot project for international search authority for PCT Applications

Recent announcements from the European Patent Office (EPO) and the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) extend the pilot program that allows Chinese nationals and residents to choose the EPO as their ideal international search authority (ISA) and preliminary examination authority (IPEA) for PCT applications. Since the pilot’s start on December 1, 2020, both domestic and foreign businesses in China have given positive comments and support for this program. The two-year initiative was initially supposed to end on November 30, [...]

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