Posts Tagged: sipo
Weak Chinese Patent Applications and China’s Burgeoning Patent System
Bloomberg recently published an article providing data analysis on Chinese patent applications to claim that, while China receives more patent applications than any country, “most are worthless.” …
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Holds Hearing on China’s Threat to U.S. Innovation Leadership
On the morning of Thursday, July 19th, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence held a hearing titled China’s Threat to American Government and Private Sector …
Increases in Innovation, Patent Boom Leads to Development in China
The patent boom China has been experiencing is easy to explain. China as a country has been unwavering in its support for domestic patent production in recent …
China Reorganizes SIPO, Gives It Authority Over Trademark and Geographical Indications
Among the many bureaucratic changes that resulted from the amendments to the Chinese Constitution included the integration of trademark responsibilities with the other intellectual property activities of …
What is on the Horizon for Patent Owners in 2018?
One of the questions that gets asked this time of year, when the world is busy flipping the calendar from one year to the next, is “What …
The Top Trends in Patent Law for 2017
As we mark the close of yet another year, we’re provided with a perfect opportunity to look back on the previous twelve months and see what …
As many in U.S. remain skeptical of patents, China picks up the slack
"Increasing numbers of US operating companies dislike patent protection," Ding explained to IAM. "[T]he production and manufacture of products are increasingly located in Asia and Asian …
Challenges for Managing Chinese Patent Prosecution: Anything More Than Lost in Translation?
If you are an in-house counsel at a U.S. technology company, managing its global patent portfolio with a potentially significant exposure in China, you face some …
World Intellectual Property Indicators 2016: Design Patent Highlights
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has published its annual World Intellectual Property Indicators. The 2016 report dissects the macro trends associated with filing activity and registrations for 2015 …
China streamlines patent examination for Internet, big data patent applications
On July 28th, 2017, China’s State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) announced a new set of regulations which are intended to streamline the examination of patent applications in …
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Patents: A Survey
Given the broad range of countries deploying UAVs and the large number of applications for UAVs, we took a look at patent data from the last 20 years (1997 …
China relaxing barriers to software, business method patents with revised patent guidelines
Guidelines, set to go into effect on April 1st in China, continue to leave the window open for software and business method patents. For software patents, patent …
Chinese patent office receives over one million patent applications, 96 percent are domestic office only
Of the 2.9 million patent applications which were filed in patent offices across the world in 2015, more than one million of those applications were filed with the State …
World Intellectual Property Indicators 2015: Design Patent Highlights
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has published its annual World Intellectual Property Indicators. The 2015 report dissects the macro trends associated with filing activity and registrations for 2014 …
Improving efficiency of the examination process for patents worldwide
The IP5 is the name given to a forum of the five largest intellectual property offices in the world that was set-up to improve the efficiency of …
