SIPO Revises Measures for Administrative Enforcement of Patents

On June 1, the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) issued the Decision on Revising the Measures for the Administrative Enforcement of Patents, with an implementation date of July 1, 2015. The revised Measures will replace the current version, which has been in effect since February 2011.

The new Measures include a number of important changes:

• Enhanced patent enforcement in e-commerce and exhibitions;
• Improved administrative enforcement management, including the improvement of administrative IT infrastructure;
• Reduced time frame for administrative enforcement of patent infringement cases - generally 3 months and no longer than 4 months with special approval, starting from the point of case registration;
• Improved transparency: information sharing between local agencies and timely online publication.