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• 2013-07-17 47 With applications of 47 companies with high quality IPRs filed to Hunan Intellectual Property Office, from the year on, Hunan changed its way of funding from even distribution to project-based.
• 2013-07-17 181 April 7, all IPRs belonged to Sanlu Group, 169 trademarks and 12 patents will be on auction.  The 169 trademarks include Sanlu and a couple of defensive trademarks, some of which were never in use.
• 2013-07-17 4 million March 25, pilot project of financing for IP pledging was operated in Guangdong.  A local high-tech company-Nanhai Qinlian Medical Equipment Company acquired 4 million yuan of bank loan by pledging an invention patent.
• 2013-07-17 10 From 2009 to 2013, in cooperation with SIPO in building a model province of implementing IP strategy, Jiangsu will establish 10 state level IP model cities and 50 provincial IP model counties.
• 2013-07-17 3.14 million Nanjing (Jiangsu) infused 3.14 million yuan to 63 IPR model upstarts.  In 2008, companies in the city filed 4,195 patent applications, up 40.1%; obtained 2,202 patents, up 37.3% and accounting for 45.7% of the city total.
• 2013-07-17 781 In 2008, 781 works were registered, 80% of which were taken by four types of works, cartoon or animation, original music, literature and audio-visual works featuring northeastern two-people show.
• 2013-07-17 70% As of the end of 2008, Yunnan owned 36 new flower varieties, ranking No.1 in the nation.  In parallel, 70% of new varieties of fresh flowers were from the province, supporting an industry with the size of 17.6 billion yuan.  The seeds of these IPR-boosting flowers were exported for the first time.
• 2013-07-17 18.33 billion According to the General Press and Publication Administration, the sales revenue of the online gaming market in China scored 18.33 billion yuan in 2008, up 76.6% over 2007.  Online gaming also brought 47.84 billion yuan to telecommunication and IT industry.
• 2013-07-17 306% According to a survey over 22 plant agricultural products by the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, prices of agricultural products hike drastically after registration of geographical indications (GIs), up 306% on average with the highest at 2,900%.
• 2013-07-17 39.2 billion Beijing Railway Bureau signed a deal with CNR Corporation Limited to purchase 100 high-speed CRH trains for 39.2 billion yuan, all of which were developed domestically and 85% of their parts are were made in the country.  The trains will be delivered from 2010. 
• 2013-07-17 371,000 From 2003 to 2008, 371,000 invention applications out of 1.115 million total were in the field of telecommunication.  SIPO also granted 125,000 of patents of the field.
• 2013-07-17 10,219 As of the end of January, 10,219 people had obtained the license of patent attorney, 5,845 of which were practicing in 717 patent firms.  From April 1985 when the patent law in force, to October 2008, patent firms filed 3.32 million of the total 4.65 million patent applications.
• 2013-07-17 12 China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) sued 17 gas stations in Wuxi, Jiangsu for infringing its trademark of PetroChina, gem flower words and figurative elements.  With the intervention of the court, 12 companies have settled with CNPC.
• 2013-07-17 132,900 From 1979 to 2008, trademarks registered with Shanghai Administration for Industry and Commerce grew from 2,700 to 132,900.  Registrations have exploded since 2003.  The 70,000 additions since then outnumbered the total between 1979 and 2002.
• 2013-07-17 8,842 In 2008, AICs in Anhui waged campaigns to combat counterfeits, handling 8,842 cases, raiding 114 factories or shops and seizing 311,975 bottles of counterfeit spirits.
• 2013-07-17 6 SIPO has refined its proceeding of patent invalidation cases and tried the pilot proceeding for half a year.  With the new proceeding, an invalidation case is expected to be finish within six months on average.
• 2013-07-17 579,000 As of now, SIPO's 26 receiving branches received 579,000 patent applications in 2008, accounting for 69.3% of all filings; charged 730 million yuan, accounting for 31.5%.
• 2013-07-17 300,000 On top of his State Second Prize Science and Technology Award, seed-breeding expert Shen Tianmin, a peasant from Lankao County in Kaifeng, Henan was awarded 300,000 yuan by the Kaifeng government for his outstanding scientific achievement.  He nurtured a total of 30 wheat varieties and filed 20 invention patent applications in China.
• 2013-07-17 68 Lin'an hickory nut, Tianmu dried bamboo shoot and Zhoushan large yellow croaker were the nine trademarks registered as certification mark of geographical indications (GI).  Zhejiang has produced 1/5 of the nation's total of 68, pacing all provinces. 
• 2013-07-17 137.5% Companies in Beijing Zhongguancun Science Park doubled their patent applications in 2008 to 16,547, representing 72.6% of all filed by the city's companies and up 137.5% (nearly 4 times over the city's growth rate and 6 times over the nation's).
• 2013-07-17 852 Guangdong Science and Technology Office announced the first group of high tech companies certified in 2008 .  The 852 companies may have the privilege of tax exemption or break for their incomes.
• 2013-07-17 1.195 million As of 2008 end, China hosted 1.195 million living patents, 925,000 of which belonged to domestic users, representing 77.4% of the total.  Among the 337,000 invention patents, domestic users contributed 128,000, representing 37.9%. 
• 2013-07-17 10 million As of now, three SMEs in Wuhan have pledged their patent rights and obtained 10 million yuan in bank loans.
• 2013-07-17 31 In Ji'an (Zhejiang), Bamboo Processing Research Center of Nanjin Forestry University in Jiangsu formed the nation's first bamboo IPR alliance with 31 domestic bamboo companies.
• 2013-07-17 12 The first fiber transmitter with the diameter size of a one-yuan coin was introduced in Fenghuo Science & Technology Group.  The transmitter enables user to download 20 movies simultaneously for one second, shattering the monopoly of overseas 10 kilomega fiber transmitter.  The invention has filed 12 patent applications including one US, 7 of which were granted.
• 2013-07-17 10.5 million Guizhou held its IP working conference, granting 10.5 million yuan to 41 companies and organizations who registered well-known marks, won Chinese branded products, patent awards and the province's famous marks in 2007 and 2008.
• 2013-07-17 21 The First Session of the 11th the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference handed over 21 proposals to SIPO in 2008, all of which were answered.  These proposals include improvement of IP administration system, strengthening IP information service, establishing IP right enforcement assistance mechanism and preventing IP abuse.
• 2013-07-17 24,406 The nation's court system had made major progress in trial of IP cases in 2008.  Local courts took 24,406 civil IP cases of first instance and resolved 23,518, resolved 3,326 criminal cases of IP infringement, took 1,074 of IP administrative cases and resolved 1,032.
• 2013-07-17 50 In 2009, Yunan centers on development and modeling of key technologies and products, organization of 30 strategic projects, 50 core technologies and 50 new products with self-reliant IPRs.
• 2013-07-17 100 Third Beijing Invention and Creation Contest concluded in Beijing.  The 100 prizes include 1 outstanding, 19 golds, 30 slivers and 50 bronzes.  The Olympic torch relay burning technology in the environment of Mount Everest garnered the outstanding.
• 2013-07-17 8,500 Since authorized to run as one of the first SIPO pilot parks in 2005, Tianjin High Tech Park filed more than 8,500 domestic and foreign patent applications, 60% of which were for invention.  Capability in IP creation and use is significantly elevated. 
• 2013-07-17 153,400 In 2008, Beijing published 153,400 types of books, up 22.4%; 948 million copies of journals, up 3.4%; 7.672 billion copies of newspapers, up 5%.
• 2013-07-17 100,000 As of the end of 2008, Tianjin filed 100,000 patent applications, 35,000 of which were for invention.
• 2013-07-17 2,200 On February 24, IPR heads within Sichuan identified the province's IPR tasks for 2009: 12% increase of patent applications; 15% for invention; growth rate of companies higher than the province's average; 2,200 patented technologies commercialized.
• 2013-07-17 11,898 Shannxi filed 11,898 patent applications in 2008, 3,775 of which were for invention, 3,961 for utility model and 4,162 for design.  Patent applications from industrial and mining companies exceeded 4,000 while universities filed 2,406 and research institutes enjoyed 47.2% growth.
• 2013-07-17 14 Henan reaped 14 awards at the 2008 State S & T Awarding Ceremony.
• 2013-07-17 277,000 Nanjing (Jiangsu) disbursed 277,000 yuan rewards to 44 patents for their contribution to economy and society.  This was the first group of rewards materialized since the city enacted rules for it in March 2007.
• 2013-07-17 25 General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) announces the latest group of products protected as geographical indications.  Changxing Japanese snakegourd seed, Xinjiang Hami melon, Aksu jujube and Xuchang dried bean curd sticks are among the 25 products.
• 2013-07-17 5 Five national standards regulating codes of films, videos, music, songs, texts and all types of digital source including Part I of audio-visual materials and ISAN are certified by experts.  All Chinese works posted on the Internet from now on can be allocated a globally-unique and fully compatible ID code.
• 2013-07-17 100 In 2008, Yunnan cultivated over 100 products in varieties like Chinese rose, cornice, chrysanthemum, gerbera, 11 of which earned the right of new plant variety.   Over 80% of the nation's IPRs of new plant varieties in fresh flowers are from the southwestern