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The Zhejiang Provincial Market Supervision and Administration Bureau fined an Hangzhou, China patent firm 20,000 RMB for not withdrawing abnormal irregular patent applications. 164 suspected abnormal patent applications were not withdrawn.

The Shanghai Municipal People’s Congress issued the draft Several Provisions on the Establishment of a High-level Intellectual Property Protection System in Pudong New Area, Shanghai

China National Intellectual Property Administration CNIPA disclosed that a high proportion of irregular applications filed this year were filed through more than 1,400 Chinese patent firms of a total 3,253 firms indicating 43% involvement

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