Gan Shaoning, deputy head of the China National Intellectual Property Administration, or CNIPA, on Nov 5 led a delegation on a visit to the World Intellectual Property Organization Arbitration and Mediation Shanghai Service – also known as the WIPO Shanghai Service.
China's intellectual property office led the world last year by reporting 1.5 million patent applications, 2.5 times more than the United States, which ranked second, the World Intellectual Property Organization said on Monday.
The Shanghai Intellectual Property Administration issued a program about strengthening intellectual property protection services during the fourth China International Import Expo on Oct 28.
In order to uphold the rule of law, China's top court will speed up the drafting of new judicial interpretations on the handling of antimonopoly civil disputes to further maintain a fair market environment for competition.
China will provide a range of intellectual property rights services for countries and regions involved in the Belt and Road Initiative, according to the latest plan on its development.
On October 19, the 18th Shanghai International Intellectual Property Forum hosted by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) and the Shanghai Municipal People's Government (SMPG) with the support of the Shanghai Intellectual Property Office was held in Shanghai.
The Third Tongji Workshop on China-EU Innovation and Competition was held on Oct 22 at Tongji University in Shanghai city in East China, with this year's theme of "intellectual property rights and competition in the era of the digital economy".
The 2nd SIPSA International Summit on IP Services – a sub-forum of the 18th Shanghai International Intellectual Property Forum which ran in Shanghai city in East China on Oct 19-22 – took place on Oct 20.