On January 10, data released by the CNIPA showed that in 2018, the number of invention patent applications in China was 1.542 million. A total of 432,000 invention patents were granted. A total of 55,000 PCT international patent applications were accepted, a year-on-year increase of 9.0%. The number of trademark registration applications in China reached 7.371 million.
The number of trademark registrations was 5.007 million, of which 4.797 million were domestic trademarks. The number of applications for international registration of Madrid trademarks was 6,594. In 2018, a total of 8.043 million trademark registration applications were concluded, and the average review period for trademark registration was shortened to less than 6 months. The time for the trial of the trademark refusal review case is reduced to less than 7 months. In this year, 67 geographical indication products were approved for protection, 961 geographical indication trademarks were registered, and 223 enterprises were authorized to use geographical indication product special signs. In 2018, the CNIPA received a total of 4,431 applications for layout design registration of integrated circuits, an increase of 37.3% over the same period of last year; 3,815 integrated circuit layout designs were issued, an increase of 42.9% over the same period of last year. In 2018, the total number of patent administrative law enforcement cases in the country was 77,000, a year-on-year increase of 15.9%. The authority investigated and dealt with 43,000 counterfeit patent cases, an increase of 10.9%. The authority investigated and dealt with 31,000 trademark violation cases, with a case value of 550 million yuan. The first case of infringement dispute over the layout of integrated circuits was also handled. In 2018, the total import and export of intellectual property fees exceeded USD 35 billion. The total amount of patent and trademark pledge financing reached 122.4 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 12.3%.
(Source: CNIPA Network)