China Trademark Office | Patent Office

China trademark office Introduction

On 28 August 2018, the former State Intellectual Property Office of China (SIPO) was renamed to China National Intellectual Property Administration, shorted as CNIPA. CNIPA has no longer been a subordinate under the State Council, but supervised by the newly established State Administration of Market Supervision and Administration.

In addition to patents, utility models and designs, CNIPA now also handles trade marks (formerly administered by the State Administration of Industry and Commerce, SAIC) and geographical indications (formerly handled by the Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, AQSIQ).

With the name change, the domain name of the official website has also been changed to www.cnipa.gov.cn (Chinese version) and english.cnipa.gov.cn (English version).

Trademark registration

Trademark Registration in China is always overlooked and sometimes ingnored by foreigners. In fact it should be taken seriously by investors if plan to develop business locally. Brand protection is a region specific protection and different countries have different requirements for trademark registration.

Zuoxing provides professional Chinese trademark application and registration services and handle various issues for our clients during the total process.

Trademark registration
Trademark monitoring
Trademark opposition
Trademark objection reply
Trademark renewal
Managment of trademark (address change, owner change)

Patent registration

We deeply know the importance of the strengths of a patent and the innovations level they are putting forward into the market. Patent registration in China will become more and more important for your business. With our professional help, our customers can easily develop market place in China without any troubles when their new products and innovotions plan to launch in China market.

Patent registration
Patent renewal
Utility Model application and monitoring
Design registration
Design monitoring and renewal

Copyright registration

Following the Copyright Law of the People’s Republic of China, any work of a foreigner or foreign company published within the territory of China shall enjoy the copyright in China. But if any work of a foreigner which is published outside China, it should be registered in China. Or if the creator located in country which has an agreement with China under an international treaty, the work will be protected automatically in China. If you need file your copyright registration please feel free to contact with us.