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Intellectual property agency refers to the act of acting on behalf of the parties in the handling of intellectual property matters, mainly including patent agency and trademark agency, and also includes other intellectual property categories such as copyright registration agency, integrated circuit layout design registration agency and so on.

Intellectual Property Agency

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Intellectual property agency refers to the act of acting on behalf of the parties in the handling of intellectual property matters, mainly including patent agency and trademark agency, and also includes other intellectual property categories such as copyright registration agency, integrated circuit layout design registration agency, etc.

Chinese name

Intellectual Property Agency

development of

After China's entry into the WTO, the domestic market

Meaning

After China's accession to the WTO, the domestic market was opened to foreign countries. The driving force of interests will greatly increase the application of intellectual property outside the country and cross-border intellectual property disputes, which in turn increased the demand for intellectual property agents. It can be said that intellectual property agency is a new type of service industry that has developed rapidly with the rise of the knowledge economy, the trend of world economic integration and the emergence of a large number of intellectual achievements.

With the strengthening of science and technology and the protection of intellectual property rights, the establishment of intellectual property barriers has become a new means for companies or countries to restrict competitors from gaining monopoly profits. Reflected in international trade, it has the color of protectionism and has become a new type of non-tariff barrier. Because this new barrier has a very strong concealment, all companies and countries (especially in developed countries and multinational companies) have consciously strengthened the setting of this barrier, which will inevitably trigger a large number of litigations related to intellectual property disputes. This has also promoted the rapid development of China's intellectual property agency industry.

In 2011, China's three patent applications amounted to 1.633 million, a year-on-year increase of 33.6%. Among them, 526,000 were for invention patents, a year-on-year increase of 34.5%, 585,000 were for utility model patents, and 522,000 were for design patents; the total number of three patents granted was 961,000, a year-on-year increase of 17.9%. 172,000 pieces, a year-on-year increase of 27.4%, 408,000 pieces of utility model patents and 381,000 pieces of design patents. Relevant experts said that the rapid growth of China's intellectual property ownership indicates that the national policy incentives and innovation efforts have become two major thrusts.

According to the latest statistics, as of the end of 2011, there were 2.74 million valid patents in China, an increase of 23.6% year-on-year, of which 697,000 were valid invention patents, an increase of 23.4% year-on-year, 11.21 million effective utility model patents, and effective design patents. 922,000 pieces. Among the effective invention patents, there are 351,000 in China, accounting for 50.4% of the total. The number of invention patents held per 10,000 people in China (excluding Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) reached 2.37.

It is worth noting that in 2011, China received 17,473 PCT international patent applications, a year-on-year increase of 35.3%. Relevant experts believe that the rapid growth of PCT international patent applications accepted by China ranks among the highest in the world. This shows that in the implementation of the "go global" strategy, relying on independent intellectual property rights to enhance core competitiveness has become the consensus of Chinese enterprises.

The issues covered by "Intellectual Property Agency" cover the three major parts of trademarks, patents, and copyrights, including the general introduction of intellectual property agency and the introduction to trademark agency

Chapter 1 General Introduction to Intellectual Property Agency

Section 1 Overview of Intellectual Property Agency

Section 2 Intellectual Property Agency Rights

Section III Legal Liabilities of Intellectual Property Agents

Chapter II Introduction to Trademark Agency

Section 1 Overview of Trademark Agency

Section 2 Trademark Agency

Section 3 Trademark Agents

Chapter III Agency in Trademark Registration

Section 1 Application for Trademark Registration

Section 2 Formal Examination of Trademark Registration Application

Section III Substantive Examination of Trademark Registration Application

Section 4 Review of trademark refusal

Chapter IV Agency in the Review of Trademark Oppositions and Trademark Oppositions

Section 1 Overview of Trademark Oppositions

Section 2 Reasons for trademark opposition

Section 3 Review of Trademark Opposition

Section 4 Trial of Several Typical Trademark Objections

Chapter V Agency in the Process of Registered Trademark Disputes

Section 1 Registered Trademark Dispute Procedure

Section 2 Trial of Registered Trademark Disputes Procedure

Chapter VI Agency in International Trademark Registration

Section 1 Madrid International Registration of Trademarks

Section 2 Agent Registration of the European Community

Section 3 Agent Registration by Country

Chapter VII Agency in Trademark Assignment, Licensing and Pledge

Section 1 Assignment of Trademarks

Section 2 Trademark License

Section 3 Pledge of Trademark Rights

Chapter VIII Agency in Trademark Litigation

Section 1 Trademark Administrative Litigation

Section 2 Trademark Civil Action

Chapter IX Introduction to Patent Agency

Section 1 Overview of Patent Agents

Section 2 Patent Agencies and Patent Agents

Chapter X Preparation of Patent Application Documents

Section 1 Completion of the Request

Section 2 Writing of Claims for Inventions or Utility Models

Section 3 Writing of Descriptions of Inventions and Utility Models

Section 4 Writing of Design Patent Application Documents

Chapter XI Agency in Patent Application Examination Procedure

Section 1 Submission and Acceptance of Patent Applications

Section 2 Agency in Preliminary Examination of Patents

Section 3 Agency in Substantive Examination of Patent Application

Chapter 12. Agency in Patent Reexamination and Invalidation Procedures

Section 1 Representation in Patent Reexamination Procedures

Section 2 Agents in the invalidation procedure

Chapter XIII Agency in Patent Transfer and License

Section 1 Rights of Patentees

Section 2 Agents in the Transfer of Patent Ownership

Section 3 Agency of Patent Implementation License Contract

Chapter XIV Patent Litigation

Section 1 Overview of Patent Litigation

Section II Patent Administrative Litigation

Section III Patent Litigation

Chapter 15 Introduction to Copyright Agency

Section 1 Overview of Copyright Agency

Section 2 Copyright Agency

Chapter XVI Agency in Copyright Transfer and Licensing

Section 1 Agents in Copyright Transfer

Section 2 Agency of Copyright Licensing Contracts

Chapter XVII Copyright Litigation and Its Representation

Section 1 Overview of Copyright Litigation

Section II Copyright Infringement Litigation

appendix

Application for trademark registration

Trademark opposition application

Application for trademark renewal registration

Application for registration of trademark license contract

Invention patent request

Request for review

Request for invalidation of patent right

references

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Among trademark agents, patent agents, copyright agents, and domain name agents included in intellectual property agents, black agents are mainly for trademark agents and patent agents.

The reason is that the copyright agency does not require the relevant departments to approve the qualifications, and any commercial service company can take the initiative to engage in this business. And domain name agents often have to be linked to some large domain name providers, as long as they obtain authorization on these domain names. Only trademark agencies and patent agencies need to obtain permission from relevant national authorities.

Trademark agencies need to file with the State Administration for Industry and Commerce.

Patent agencies need to obtain approval from the State Intellectual Property Office.

And the black agent of intellectual property refers to the agency that cannot be found on the corresponding website. These companies or offices do not have legal agency qualifications. Especially in the case of patent black agents, they are often operated by individual patent agents who are qualified as patent agents. Chinese law does not allow patent agents to personally accept agency commissions. Instead, they must be partnered by several agents to practice in the name of an office or company.