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Due to the migration and integration plan of the Korean
Intellectual Property Office (KIPO), the access to electronic
priority documents through the bilateral agreement between KIPO and
the CNIPA will be shut down from January 1, 2021.
In order to continue the services, the CNIPA and the KIPO have
through consensus decided to switch the electronic retrieval for
priority documents to WIPO Digital Access Service (DAS) platform.
As of January 1, applicants shall perform the deposit and inquiry
procedures via DAS.
https://www.cnipa.gov.cn/art/2020/6/5/art 1549 99779.html
China's top leadership has reiterated the importance of intellectual property rights (IPR) protection in spurring innovation and supporting the country's high-quality development.
In response to the pandemic, we saw quick action and flexibility
from:
the
Canadian Intellectual Property Office
(CIPO) - deadlines from March 16 to August 28 were extended until
August 31. On December 14, the Trademarks Office began accepting
requests for expedited examination of trademark applications
associated with medical goods or services related to COVID-19;
the
Federal Courts - Federal Court (FC)
deadlines were suspended until June 29 or July 13, depending on the
province, and a number of hearings and patent trials were conducted
by Zoom. Federal Court of Appeal (FCA) deadlines continue to
be suspended for some appeals, but are being lifted for selected
China tops global patent applications in 2019 with the number of patent applications reaching 1.4 million, more than twice the amount of the US, which ranks second on the list, the World Intellectual Property Organization said.