GENEVA -- International patent applications via the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) continued to grow in 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a WIPO report released on Tuesday.International patent applications filed via WIPO's Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), which is on
On February 22, the first-instance civil judgment of Beijing Weika Shidai Information Technology Co., Ltd. and Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. for infringement of invention patent rights was published. The case number is (2017) Jing 73 Minchu No. 1789, the plaintiffs are Beijing Weika Shidai
Zhuhai Gree Electric Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Gree Electric") added a new judgment document. The cause of the case was a dispute over the infringement of invention patent rights. The plaintiff was Gree Electric, and the defendants were Ningbo Aux Air Conditioning Co., Ltd. an
The replacement division of the patent pre-examination service of the China (Xi'an) Intellectual Property Protection Center has expanded to 40 IPC classification numbers and 15 Locarno classification numbers, after review and approval by the China National Intellectual Property Administration.&n
On January 25, China National Intellectual Property Administration agreed to the China Zhongshan (Lighting) Intellectual Property Rapid Protection Center to carry out a pilot trial of rapid pre-examination of utility models. Zhongshan Quick Maintenance Center became the first intellectual property r
