In the recent 2019 WIPO World IP Report, from 2015 to 2017, the total number of patents and scientific activities in about 30 major cities accounted for 69% and 48% of the world's total, respectively. These cities are mainly located in China, Germany, Japan, South Korea, and the United States.

The report argues that innovation cooperation is getting closer. In the early 2000s, 64% of scientific papers were completed by scientists as a team, and 54% of patents were obtained by a team of inventors. In recent years, these numbers have increased to nearly 88% and 68%, respectively. In terms of patents, the share of international cooperative inventions continued to climb to 11% in 2009, but has declined slightly since then, in part due to the rapid growth of domestic cooperation in some countries.

Most international cooperation takes place in top metropolitan hotspots. The top ten hot spots (San Francisco-San Jose, New York, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Boston, Shanghai, London, Beijing, Bangalore, and Paris) account for 26% of all international cooperation inventions, and the hot spots in the United States are the world's most closely cooperated zone.

The report also states that before 2000, Japan, the United States, and Western European economies accounted for 90% of global patent activity and more than 70% of global scientific publishing activities. With the increase of patent activity in China, India, Israel, Singapore, South Korea and other countries, the above share fell to 70% and 50% respectively from 2015 to 2017.

At the same time, there are significant differences between the patterns of scientific and inventive activities. Scientific activities are more common worldwide. Universities and other research institutions in many middle-income economies have produced a large number of scientific publications, but these economies have produced relatively few patents.

(Source: www.people.com.cn)

On November 6, Zhong Shan, Minister of Commerce of the PRC, and Phil Hogan, EU Commissioner for Agriculture, signed the “Joint Statement on Ending the Negotiation of the Agreement on the Protection and Cooperation of the GI between the Government of the P.R.C. and the European Union”, announcing the protection of GI in China and the EU entering the conclusion of negotiation.

It is reported that this agreement is China's first comprehensive and high-level bilateral agreement on GI and has a milestone significance for strengthening China-EU economic and trade relations.

(Source: China National Intellectual Property Administration)

Recently, under the joint witness of Chinese President Xi Jinping and French President Macron, the "Protocol on the Cooperation on Agricultural and Food GI of the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) and, the French Ministry of Agriculture and Food, the French National Origin and Quality Administration" was signed in Beijing. The signing of the protocol marked a new chapter in the cooperative relationship between China and France in the field of agricultural and food GI.

(Source: China National Intellectual Property Strategy Network)

The original China-Brazil PPH pilot program was launched on February 1, 2018 with the tentative termination date of January 31, 2020, or when the two offices (CNIPA and National Institute of Industrial Property of Brazil) have received 200 applications respectively under the pilot, whichever comes first.

Recently, as the National Institute of Industrial Property of Brazil switched to a new PPH cooperation model, the two offices agreed jointly to terminate the original pilot on November 30, 2019; The two offices will suspend receiving PPH requests from December 1 to December 31 of 2019.

A brand-new pilot, instead, will roll out on January 1, 2020 in compliance with the new PPH cooperation model for a period of five years, ending December 31, 2024. The applicants will need to submit a PPH request to the two offices in accordance with the new guidance, which shall be announced in due course prior to the launch.

(Source: CNIPA official website)

In this November, the 2019 Global Intellectual Property Ecology Conference themed at “IP Ecological New Development and Change” hosted by IPRdaily and the Capital IP Service Industry Association was held in Beijing. Unitalen was invited to attend and, awarded "Top 10 Chinese Patent Agents of 2019", which is the third consecutive year that Unitalen has won this honor.

On November 1, the "China Fashion Industry IP Conference and China Fashion IP Protection Center Opening Ceremony" jointly organized by the China Fashion Designers Association and the China Trademark Association was held in 751D ? PARK of Beijing. This is the first meeting on the protection of IP rights held in a Global Fashion Week event.

Mr. Zhao Lei, Unitalen partner, was invited to attend the conference and gave a speech. Mr. Zhao explained the importance of the protection of IP rights to the fashion industry by interpreting the infringement cases that are well-known recently in the industry, and proposed countermeasures the protection. After the meeting, Mr. Zhao was interviewed by well-known media such as China Economic Network Fashion Channel, China Textile Economic Information Network, Youku Video, Tencent Video, iQiyi, etc. During the interview, he raised suggestions on how to protect the IP rights of the modern fashion industry with specific strategies and relevant practical suggestions.

At this conference, it’s announced that the China Fashion IP Protection Center was officially opened. The center gathered top Chinese IP law firms represented by Unitalen, Yongxin, Wanhuida etc. The center will give full play to the role of IP in supporting and promoting the development of the fashion industry, and provide a convenient, professional and efficient IP service platform for the fashion industry.

▲China Trademark Association Chairman Ma Fu and China Fashion Designer Association Chairman Zhangqinghui hosted the opening of China Fashion Industry IP Protection Center

On November 7, the opening ceremony of the "Unitalen Cup – the Law and Translation Culture Festival of China University of Political Science and Law (CUPSL)" was held successfully. Unitalen representatives and CUPSL also signed the Joint Internship Training program agreement at the opening ceremony.

▲Unitalen and CUPSL representatives at the signing of Joint Internship Traning Program agreement

Unitalen Deputy Director Wang Yanjiang accepted the letter of appointment expert consultant of the 5th “Unitalen Cup - Law and Translation Culture Festival”. Also, Unitalen partners Zhao Lei and Qin Lili were hired again as mentors by the CUPSL.

After the opening ceremony, an English speech contest with the theme of "China Dream My Dream" and other contests were successfully held.

▲“Unitalen Cup” English Speech Contest in Progress

▲Judges and Contestants of the Speech Contest