HFG releases Interpretation of an official update on IP Development in China 2014 (translation in English, Chinese & Japanese)

In 2014, 2,285,000 trademark applications were filed in China, 21% more than last year, which made a new record.  China’s held first place in the world now for its 13 year in a row making China even more so deserve the title of the country known for owning an enormous amount of trademarks.

On April 16, 2015, the State Council Information Office held a press conference to give a comprehensive introduction to the status of the Chinese IP development in 2014.  Based on the practice in the Chinese IP field, HFG has combed the information released by the Information Office and made an executive summary highlighting the key areas of progress and change in the China IP sector.

Read the full summary in Bi-lingual summary in Chinese and English and the Japanese version.

China has led the amount of applications for trademarks and patents in the world for many years.  As it becomes a country owning enormous IP rights, it continues to pursue a goal of becoming a country with strong IP protection.

WIPO also launched its Chinese Office in Beijing and was preparing to set up its Examination Center in Shanghai, which further demonstrates its intentions in China to build up a mechanism of IP protection functioned mainly through judicial protection and with an emphasis on patent application and protection.

General Administration of China took various reactions toward the flourish of trademarks, such as launching a special examination coordination center, enhancing the efficiency by improving the mechanism to ensure that the trademark examination would be done within 9 months under the Trademark Law, which was one month shorter than that of 2013.

The rate of industrialization of effective invention patents has also enhanced steadily, and the amount of patent infringement protection has experienced a geometric increase, which all indicates that China keeps developing from “made in China” to “created in China”.