According to the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA), the number of valid invention patents held on the Chinese mainland had reached 5.32 million by the end of 2025. The ...

In considering where an invention was ‘completed’ the CNIPA’s invalidation raises issues for any company carrying out R&D in China, says Jennifer Che of Eagle IP. China and the US are similar in that ...

The average ownership of high-value invention patents had reached 16 patents per 10,000 people in 2025, it noted. There were more than 4.2 million trademarks registered on the Chinese mainland last ...

Beginning January 1, 2026, the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) will require inventor nationality and in some cases an inventor identification number for every inventor ...

Ling Ho, Audrey Shum and Kathryn Sanger explain how China's new Patent Law has affected the way commercial contracts should be drafted Long-awaited amendments to China’s Patent Act came into force on ...

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The China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) has instituted a change in its inventor information requirements. For Chinese patent applications filed on or after January 1, 2026, ...

Chen Shihua of DEQI Intellectual Property Law Corporation explains China's patent term compensation system, which includes a patent term adjustment for delays and a patent term extension for ...

With both presidential candidates’ renewed embrace of tariffs to punish geopolitical adversaries and protect domestic industries, the campaign is putting Beijing’s record of intellectual property ...

“While CNIPA may not always require export permissions as indicated by a technology export license or registration certificate, failure to obtain one could lead to challenges to ownership in the ...

GENEVA, Dec 11 (Reuters) - China has overtaken the United States to become the world's biggest processor of patent applications, giving an innovative edge to Beijing's economic and industrial clout, a ...