The EU-China IPR2 Project's "Roadmap for Customs Enforcement in China" and "Roadmap for Trademark Protection in China" are available for download at http://www.ipr2.org/roadmap. Roadmaps on patent protection in China and other related topics will be published in the near future.
... SIPO and the EPO held a Joint International Seminar on Automatic Machine Translation?
Machine translation experts from the EPO, SIPO, KIPO, WIPO and Japio joined forces at a seminar in Beijing on 4 November 2008 to discuss the future of machine translation in patent documentation.
Further details are available at http://www.sipo.gov.cn/sipo_English/specialtopic/latestspecialtopic/ESJISAMT/programme/200809/t20080911_417872.htm
... a guide to SIPO’s new Chinese-English machine translation function is available
on the CNPAT website? This practical user guide shows you step by step how to retrieve a Chinese-to-English machine translation via the English search interface of the China Patent Database (www.cnpat.com.cn). The guide is available at www.cnpat.com.cn/430homepage/guidehome.html.
... "Roadmaps for IP Protection" in China are now available online?
The EU-China IPR2 Project is publishing a series of guides for European companies seeking practical advice on how to protect their IP in China. The first two "Roadmaps for IP Protection" are now available for free download: "Roadmap for Customs Enforcement in China" and "Roadmap for Trademark Protection in China". To download the Roadmaps as PDF, click here: http://www.ipr2.org/roadmap. Coming soon are Roadmaps on "Patent Protection in China", "Copyright Protection in China" and "IP Protection at Trade Fairs in Europe."
Further information on the EU-China IPR2 Project can be found at: http://www.ipr2.org
... a guide for the new English machine translation function is available on the CNPAT website?
The practical user guide shows you step by step how to retrieve a Chinese-to-English machine translation via the English search interface of the "China Patent Database" (http://www.cnpat.com.cn). To have a look at the guide, simply click on the following link: http://www.cnpat.com.cn/430homepage/guidehome.html.
... China will explore the possibility of establishing specialised IP courts?
On 5 June 2008, the Chinese State Council released a National Intellectual Property Strategy, which includes a number of measures for the further improvement of the enforcement system. One of the issues will be exploring the possibility of establishing specialised intellectual property courts and a central appeal court. In general, the Strategy is aimed at raising the level of the creation, utilisation, protection and administration of intellectual property rights in China by the year 2020. The Strategy is the product of the "National Working Group for IPR Protection", which was set up in 2005 to co-ordinate intellectual property policies.
Further information can be found on the Chinese Patent Office's (SIPO) English website at: http://www.sipo.gov.cn/sipo_English/news/iprspecial/200806/t20080612_406418.htm.
More details in Chinese language, including a Chinese version of the Strategy, can be found on SIPO's Chinese website at: http://www.sipo.gov.cn/sipo/ztxx/zscqzl/
The website of the "National Working Group for IPR Protection" can be accessed here: http://english.ipr.gov.cn/en/index.shtml
... the decisions of SIPO's Re-examination Board can now be searched in an online database?
On the Re-examination Board's new Chinese website at http://www.sipo-reexam.gov.cn/, invalidation suits can be searched by numbers, dates, title of the patent, name of the patent holder, name of the requester of invalidation, names of examiners involved, IPC classes, design classifications etc. via the following interface: http://www.sipo-reexam.gov.cn/fushen/search/search.asp. A second interface allows searches in the oral hearings of the Re-examination Board by numbers and names at: http://www.sipo-reexam.gov.cn/fushen/koushen/searchoral.asp. Currently, these searches only work in Chinese language.
... SIPO launched a free online Chinese-English machine translation service?
On 25 April 2008, SIPO launched two free online machine translation services, which can be accessed via their different English search interfaces. The translation engine developed by SIPO and its subsidiary organisation "China Patent Information Center" (CPIC) can be tested at both the following URLs: http://www.sipo.gov.cn/sipo_English/ and http://www.cnpat.com.cn. (Click here to see SIPO's press release on the new service: http://www.sipo.gov.cn/sipo_English/news/official/200804/t20080425_392724.htm.)
In addition, SIPO's "Intellectual Property Publishing House" (IPPH) launched an English version of their CNIPR website at http://english.cnipr.com/enpat. This website includes a new search tool, "C-Pat Search", and also offers the possibility for a machine translation.
... following SIPO's relaunch of the "CNPAT" database in October 2007...
... original Chinese documents have recently become available via this source? Laid-open publications and granted publications (TIFF format) can both be retrieved using the English and Chinese interfaces. In order to view the documents, the "AlternaTIFF" plug-in has to be installed. The plug-in can be downloaded free of charge at www.alternatiff.com. In addition, English abstracts for Chinese invention patents have now also been included for PCT applications and for documents claiming foreign priority. In these cases, the English abstract of the corresponding international application or priority document is loaded into CNPAT (www.cnpat.com.cn).
... the EU-China IPR 2 project launched by the EPO in September 2007?
The goal of this project is the improval of the legal framework for all aspects of Chinese IPR laws and regulations, the encouragement of more efficient IP enforcement through better access to information at all levels and promotion and support of China's efforts to build up efficient internal, inter-agency, inter-regional and inter-jurisdictional systems and procedures for IP enforcement at all levels in China. The official commencement of the full programme is 1 April 2008. For more information see:http://www.ipr2.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=40&Itemid=89
... the number format of Chinese A, C and Y publications
has been extended from seven to nine digits? Chinese A-documents (unexamined applications) published from 17 July 2007 onwards have an additional two digits inserted behind the type of patent right code 1 (1nnnnnnnnn.) The same applies for C-publications (granted patents) from 29 August 2007 onwards. Chinese Y-publications (registered utility models) published from 29 August 2007, have the type of patent right code 2 and the new number format is 2nnnnnnnnn. For more information, please see: http://www.epo.org/patents/updates/2007/20071129.html
... the "China Patent Abstract Database" (CNPAT)
at www.cnpat.com.cn was relaunched and renamed "China Patent Database" in October 2007. The English search interface includes English abstracts for Chinese patents and bibliographic data for Chinese utility models. Full documents are no longer available via the English interface, but the drawings can be displayed as image data.
… a new website offers information in English on intellectual property protection in China?
The Intellectual Property Protection in China website was launched in April 2006 and is available in English and Chinese. The English version includes translations of various laws and regulations in China, bulletins and news related to IP protection in China, application guides, statistics and an online consultation service. It also offers a collection of links to important IP organisations in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macao, as well as other governmental organisations, associations and agencies. The website, which represents an invaluable resource for applicants filing in China or anyone interested in Chinese patent information, is available at http://english.ipr.gov.cn/en/news.shtml
… patent applications filed by residents soared in Korea and China in 2005?
According to WIPO's Patent Report 2007, patent filings by residents doubled in Korea and increased eight-fold in China between 1995 and 2005. For more information see www.epo.org/focus/news/2007/20070810.html and www.wipo.int/ipstats/en/statistics/patents/patent_report_2007.html
... PCT filings originating from China show fastest growth in the world?
According to the WIPO World Patent Report 2006 (http://www.wipo.int/ipstats/en/statistics/patents/), PCT applications originating from China increased by 56.8% from 2005 to 2006, ranking China number eight in the list of PCT users, above Switzerland and Sweden. According to the same report, China is now the fourth largest patent office in the world (by number of applications received).
... SIPO introduced electronic filing of PCTs?
On 1 May 2007, the Chinese Patent Office (SIPO) introduced "PCT-SAFE" (“Secure Applications Filed Electronically”), the software that enables electronic filing of international patent applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT). PCT-SAFE is already in use in other East Asian countries, namely Japan, Malaysia and the Republic of Korea. For further information please see: http://www.wipo.int/pressroom/en/articles/2007/article_0031.html and
... SIPO has launched a new platform for patent searches?
On 26 April 2007, the Chinese Patent Office (SIPO) launched its new "Experimental Platform of Patent Information Services". This service provides free searches in Chinese documents via an English and a Chinese interface. It offers full Chinese documents as searchable text data, full document download (TIFF format) and English legal status information. The database is available at http://pub.cnipr.com (Chinese interface) and http://pub.cnipr.com/enpubpisfts (English interface).
... SIPO publishes a weekly intellectual property report?
The State Intellectual Property Office of P. R. China (SIPO) has been publishing its "China Intellectual Property Report" on the internet since December 2006. The report is in Chinese and English and contains statistical information and the latest IP news from China. All reports issued so far are available at:http://www.sipo.gov.cn/sipo_English/cipr/
... an English version of the Chinese "Guidelines for Examination",
revised in 2006, is now available on the SIPO website? The guidelines can be downloaded as a PDF file at the following URL: www.sipo.gov.cn/sipo_English/zlsc/default.htm
… SIPO offers “online chats” with their experts?
An online discussion with SIPO experts on the third major change to the Chinese patent law took place on 16 January 2007. The online discussions are held monthly in Chinese. More information can be found on SIPO's website at: www.sipo.gov.cn/sipo/zxft/(Chinese only)
... according to SIPO statistics, Japan is the top foreign patent filing country in China?
With 37 848 applications in 2006, Japan was the strongest foreign applicant, followed by the USA with 23 494 and Korea with 10 956 applications. The statistics also show a 20% increase in applications in China in 2006, corresponding to a total of 573 178 applications for all types of patent. Of all foreign applications, more than 85% were for invention patents. For more statistical information please see: www.sipo.gov.cn/sipo_English/statistics/
... a draft of the amendments to the Chinese Trade Mark Law
was opened for public consultation in April 2006?There are some substantial changes proposed to the existing Chinese Trade Mark Law which was last amended in 2001. Not all amendments are new, some have already been described in various subsidiary rules and regulations. The proposed amendments include: smells and sounds qualifying as trade marks, multi-class trade marks, and the reintroduction of a disclaimer concept abolished in 2001.For details see: www.managingip.com/?Page=10&PUBID=34&ISS=22412&SID=648469&TYPE=20.
Source: Managing Intellectual Property (MIP) news, September 2006 edition, "China: Changes to the Trade Mark Law
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