The European Patent Office (EPO) released the new Espacenet on November 19, 2019, a substantially revised and improved version of the Office’s patent information search tool. New Espacenet’s state-of-the-art features and enhanced functionality will make it even easier for users to conduct patent searches and access over 110 million patent documents from all over the world …
At the thirteenth meeting of China-European Commissions held by the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) and the European Patent Office (EPO), the two parties reached a consensus on designating EPO as international searching authority for the international applications filed with CNIPA under Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) to strengthen bilateral cooperation between the two offices …
The “Regulations on Regulating Trademark Application and Registration Acts” issued by the State Administration of Market Supervision and Administration of China was launched on December 1, 2019. Malicious registration of trademarks and hoarding of trademarks will be severely punished. The new regulations for “non-use for malicious application for trademark registration”, or other applications that violate …
