Beijing

Recently, Beijing industry and commerce administration has examined 3 newly opened trademark agencies. Their registration address, qualification and trademark business have been examined.

Shanghai

In 2013, Shanghai financed loans of 1.02 billion yuan by pledging IPRs. 206 patents of 85 companies in 12 districts including Pudong have been pledged.

Liaoning

Recently, the Dalian Intellectual Property Office held a training course on IP management standard for enterprises, with over 60 companies, universities, and institutes participated in the training.

Henan

The patent right pledge loan in Henan province recently reached to a new level with accumulatively 936 million yuan, according to Henan IP Commissioner Conference.

Jiangxi

Recently, the Jiangxi Higher People's Court announced its twelve key tasks in 2014. To explore the mechanism of IP centralized judgment became one of the tasks.

Yunnan

Kunming city of Yunnan province has strengthened its IPR protection since last year. The city has handled 75 patent cases, 26 of which were patent infringement cases and 49  were counterfeiting patent cases, setting a new annual record.

(China IP News)