A seminar on intellectual property talent training and discipline development in colleges and universities throughout China, organized by Tongji University, was recently held at the university in East China's Shanghai.
On Oct 17, 2020, the 22nd Session of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress adopted a motion on amending the Patent Law. The amended Patent Law came into effect on June 1, 2021.
Shanghai city in East China recently opened a service hotline – +86-021-62675677 – which provides advice on the Patent Cooperation Treaty, or PCT, concerning international patent applications.
The new Copyright Law which comes into effect on June 1 marks a milestone in China's efforts to better protect intellectual property rights and is expected to influence entertainment and news broadcasts.
Shanghai's Vice Mayor Chen Qun on May 26 visited the hearing venue of the World Intellectual Property Organization Arbitration and Mediation Shanghai Service, where he held detailed talks with the officials of WIPO.
Premier Li Keqiang said that protection of intellectual property rights and the fight against counterfeits concern the building of an innovative nation and people's health and safety.
Duncan Willson, the intellectual property counselor at the US embassy in China, visited the Shanghai Intellectual Property Administration, or SIPA, in the city of Shanghai in East China on May 18.
A news conference on intellectual property or IP development in the YRD region was recently held in Hefei, capital of Anhui province – part of the YRD region.