According to the State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC), applications for trademark registration nationwide in the first half of 2011 increased by 34.84% and are expected to hit a new record in the remaining half.

In 2010, SAIC received its first one million applications for trademark registration and remained No.1 of the world for the ninth straight year. Calculation indicates that China is now home to 9 million applications after absorbing 8.3 million at the end of 2010. In parallel, trademark examination advanced with 1.48 million applications completed, well over the expected goal of 1.4 million. In addition, numbers of pending cases dropped significantly and the period of pending was curtailed.

(China IP News)