Recently, rapid Chinese demand for domestic design products is paving regulation reforms in intellectual property rights (‘IPR’) protection. Both qualitative and quantitative growth in the design market is advocating the protection of intellectual property as fundamental in sustaining the industry within China. The Chinese authority promptly acknowledged this issue and with the fourth amendment of…
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The European Patent Office (“EPO”) and the China National Intellectual Property Administration (“CNIPA”) establishes two-year pilot cooperation under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (“PCT”). Effective from 1 December 2020, international patent applications from nationals, and residents of the People Republic of China including the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Macau Special Administrative Region may select…
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