Per several news sources, China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) held a special symposium on June 27, 2024 to introduce the work of the Intellectual Property Tribunal of the Supreme People’s Court in serving and safeguarding scientific and technological innovation and helping to develop new productivity. Per the symposium, “China is the country with the most patent cases in the world and is increasingly becoming a preferred place for international intellectual property litigation.” Some statistics from the symposium follow:
Category: Statistics
June 2024 CNIPA Press Conference: China has 34,000 Practicing Patent Agents
On June 25, 2024, China’s National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) held a press conference mainly focusing on intellectual property personnel statistics. Some data points from the press conference include: there are 76,000 people that are qualified to practice patent law and 34,000 of them are active practicing patent agents (compared to 51,807 active U.S. patent practitioners); there are 860,000 intellectual property personnel overall in China; and CNIPA has 18,000 patent and trademark examiners. In contrast, the USPTO has over 8,500 …
China’s Supreme People’s Court Hold IP Press Conference and Releases Report on 2023 IP Protection
On April 22, 2024, China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) held a press conference for Intellectual Property Publicity Week, introducing the overall situation of judicial protection of intellectual property rights in courts across the country in 2023. The SPC also released the Status of Judicial Protection of Intellectual Property Rights in Chinese Courts (2023) (中国法院知识产权司法保护状况(2023年)). Some highlights from the press conference and report follow.
Chinese Utility Model Grants Down 30%, Invention Patent Grants Up Almost 55% in 2024 Q1
China’s National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) recently released first quarter grant data for 2024. For the first quarter, the number of invention patents granted was 251,882 , a year-on-year increase of 54.6%. The number of utility model grants was 419,451 , a year-on-year decrease of 30.1%. The number of authorized designs was 146,270 , a year-on-year decrease of 20.2%.