Proposed Amendments to the Patent Administrative Enforcement Rules

摘要

The State Intellectual Property Office of the PRC (SIPO) recently published its draft amendments to the Patent Administrative Enforcement Rules ("the Rules") in an attempt to enhance patent administrative enforcement in the PRC and bring it in line with the revised Patent Law and Patent Implementation Rules.rnPatents in the PRC can be enforced via judicial courts or administrative authorities. The SIPO is responsible for overseeing the administrative enforcement of patents. The SIPO formulated the Rules in 2001 as departmental measures for local patent administrative authorities to observe in their daily operations.