21/01/2014

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Pilot IP5 PPH launched on January 6, 2014

[2] Four ministries jointly held the press conference on Special Campaign of Cracking down Online
Infringement and Piracy

Proposed Legislation[1][1] LAO solicits public opinions on Implementing Regulations on the Trademark Law(Revision Draft) (Draft for Review)Top....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

News[1] Pilot IP5 PPH launched on January 6, 2014
[State Intellectual Property Office]...According to consensus on launch of pilot Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) in January 2014
reached by the European Patent Office, the Japan Patent Office, the Korean Patent Office, the ChineseState Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (IP5) in Geneva,
Switzerland in September 2013, the pilot IP5 PPH was launched on January 6, 2014 and will last threeyears till January 5, 2017. By then, applicants can file PPH applications to SIPO according to theprocedures for filing PPH applications to SIPO under the pilot IP5 PPH program; and file PPHapplications to the other four offices of IP5 according to requirements and procedures laid down
respectively by them.

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Four ministries jointly held the press conference on Special Campaign of Cracking down

Online Infringement and Piracy[National Copyright Administration]...On December 30, 2013, the National Copyright Administration, the State Internet Information Office,the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and the Ministry of Public Security jointly held1/2the press conference on Special Campaign of Cracking down Online Infringement and Piracy inBeijing.
The four ministries jointly released the top ten cases of the special campaign of cracking down online
infringement and piracy in 2013, including the infringement of copyright by Baidu and Qvod; theinfringement of high-definition works by the Siluhd website and other eight cases. Currently, four cases
have been rendered administrative penalty according to law; one has been entered the stage ofexamination and litigation filing; two cases has been filed with the people's courts and three was at thestage of further investigation.

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Proposed Legislation[1]

LAO solicits public opinions on Implementing Regulations on the Trademark Law(Revision Draft) (Draft for Review)[Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council]...On January 10, the Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council (LAO) issued a notice to solicit
public opinions on the Implementing Regulations on the Trademark Law (Revision Draft) (Draft forReview). The deadline for comment submission is February 10, 2014. The revised contents involve thefollowing aspects: obligations of trademark agencies for forwarding legal documents; submission andservice of legal documents of trademarks; circumstances not included in the time limit for trademark
examination and trial; calculation of period; form requirements for sound trademark application
documents; qualification requirements for trademark registration applicants; conditions for accepting
trademark applications; meanings of goods and services bearing similar trademarks; division oftrademark applications; communication procedures for trademark examination opinions; trademark
objections; trademark transfer procedures; trademark migration; adjustment objects of trademark
international registration; trademark international registration with China as the country of origin;application examination and objection procedures for designating territorial extension of China;
subsequent applications for internationally registered trademark transfer; trial range of all types ofreview and adjudication cases; exceptions of "ne bis in idem"; other provisions relating to improvementof review and adjudication procedures; procedures for applying for revocation of a registeredtrademark; trademark pledge registration; calculation of illegal turnover; convenient conditions; severe
punishment; case suspension procedures; conditions for engaging in trademark agency; basic
requirements for a trademark agent; illegal acts of trademark agents; operating procedures regarding
prohibition from entering trademark agency market; supplementing evidence and time limit; trademark
register and trademark registration certificate; trademark gazette.
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