The 13th China International Patent Fair (CIPF) and the 24th WIPO-CNIPA Award for Chinese Outstanding Patented Invention took place in Dalian, Liaoning. Daren Tang, Director General of WIPO, congratulated the 29 recipients of the patent Gold Award in a video message.
Over the past decade, China has seen 253,000 patent applications filed from 115 Belt and Road countries and granted 112,000, marking an average annual growth rate of 5.4% and 9.8%, respectively, according to a report released recently by CNIPA.
On September 26, the European Patent Office (EPO) made the decision that OPPO's EP3624524 patent on "wireless communication methods, network device, and terminal device", which was challenged by Nokia at the EPO in February 2022, was valid and essential for the 5G standard.
Over the past three decades, China has dealt with 757,000 unfair competition cases, with 12.88 billion yuan fined and confiscated nationwide, said the State Administration for Market Regulation(SAMR) at a symposium held on Wednesday.
The world’s leading suppliers of solar panels, LONGi Green Energy Technology of China and Hanwha Group of South Korea have put an end to their patent infringement war, on since 2019, with patent cross-licensing arrangement.
