China's Patent Commercialization Initiative: Long-term Mechanism & Enterprise Opportunities
1.3 Million Idle Patents Inventoried—What's Next? Does your company sit on a few "sleeping patents" that never became products or […]
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Dated updates on Chinese IP law and CNIPA practice: rules taking effect, PPH extensions, international cooperation and official statistics — so you can see what applied when.
China's 2025 Patent Examination Guidelines Amendment: An Interpretation
China's National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) issued the "Decision on Amending the Patent Examination Guidelines" (Order No. 84) on November
Revised IC Layout-Design Protection Regulations: Effective 15 Oct 2026, 5 Key Changes | Zhihai Yida
Bottom line: The revised Regulations on the Protection of Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits take effect on 15 October 2026,
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Full Text of the 15th Five-Year Plan for Intellectual Property Protection and Utilization, with Public Q&A Interpretation
In July 2026, the State Council officially issued the "15th Five-Year Plan for Intellectual Property Protection and Utilization" (Guo Fa
Effective September 1, 2026: Ten Key Changes in the New Patent Prioritized Examination Administration Measures (Order No. 85)
Bottom line: From September 1, 2026, patent prioritized examination will be tightened across the board — the threshold shifts from