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natlawreview.com | Aaron Wininger
On May 7, 2025, China’s National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) published the 2025 Intellectual Property Nation Building Promotion Plan (2025年知识产权强国建设推进计划) authored by the Office of the Inter-ministerial Joint Conference on Building a Powerful National Intellectual Property Rights.
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natlawreview.com | Fiona W. Ong |Bartolome Martin |Aaron Wininger |David Thomas
On March 5, 2025, the European Data Protection Board (the “EDPB”) published Opinion 06/2025 on the extension of the European Commission Implementing Decisions under the GDPR and the Law Enforcement Directive on the adequate protection of personal data in the United Kingdom (the “Opinion”). The Opinion was requested by the European Commission as the two current adequacy decisions are due to expire on June 27, 2025. For more background on the adequacy decisions, see our previous blog post here.
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natlawreview.com | Aaron Wininger
On May 7, 2025, China’s National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) released the Notice of the State Intellectual Property Office on deepening the “Blue Sky” campaign to strengthen the comprehensive governance of the intellectual property agency industry (国家知识产权局关于深入开展“蓝天”行动 强化知识产权代理行业综合治理的通知). The Blue Sky Campaign is somewhat similar to but more comprehensive than the USPTO’s recent launch of the Patent Fraud Detection and Mitigation Working Group.
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natlawreview.com | Aaron Wininger
Skip to main content May 06, 2025 Volume XV, Number 126 Legal Analysis. Expertly Written. Quickly Found.
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natlawreview.com | Aaron Wininger
On April 29, 2025, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) released the 2025 Special 301 Report on Intellectual Property Protection and Enforcement, of which 10 pages focus on China. The USTR stated, “serious concerns remain regarding long-standing issues like technology transfer, trade secrets, counterfeiting, online piracy, copyright law, patent and related policies, bad faith trademarks, and geographical indications.
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natlawreview.com | Aaron Wininger
On May 1, 2025, China’s State Council released the Regulations on the Protection of New Plant Varieties (中华人民共和国植物新品种保护条例). Major changes in the Regulations include extending the term of variety rights for woody and vine plants from 20 years to 25 years and for other plants from 15 years to 20 years. Further, preliminary examination should be reduced from 6 months to 3 months.
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natlawreview.com | Aaron Wininger
On April 30, 2025, China’s National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) released a draft amendment for comment of the Patent Examination Guidelines (专利审查指南修改草案 (征求意见)), which is somewhat analogous to the US Patent & Trademark Office’s Manual of Patent Examining Procedure. One of the main proposed changes is the addition of a section tightening examination standards for video codec patent applications.
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natlawreview.com | Aaron Wininger
Skip to main content May 01, 2025 Volume XV, Number 121 Legal Analysis. Expertly Written. Quickly Found.
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natlawreview.com | Aaron Wininger
On April 24, 2025, China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) and Supreme People’s Procuratorate (SPP) jointly issued the Interpretation on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Law in Handling Criminal Cases of Intellectual Property Infringement (关于办理侵犯知识产权刑事案件适用法律若干问题的解释). The Interpretation clarifies trademark crimes, patent counterfeiting, copyright crimes, trade secret misappropriation, and common issues arising in IP crimes (e.g., heavier or reduced sentences).
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natlawreview.com | Aaron Wininger
On April 25, 2025, China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) released the draft Regulations on the Protection of Trade Secrets for comment (商业秘密保护规定(征求意见稿)). Comments are due May 25, 2025. This draft updates the 1998 version with necessary revisions due to the march of technology. As explained by SAMR:The revision and promulgation of the “Regulations on the Protection of Trade Secrets” is an urgent need to adapt to the new situation and new challenges of trade secret protection.
