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China received 928,000 invention patent applications, with a year-on-year growth of 12.5 percent.
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Chinese experts are urging legislation to protect trade secrets to deal with an increase in infringements and violations in recent years.
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The first patent examination cooperation center in western China started operation on March 20 in Chengdu.
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In 2014, China's court at all levels concluded 110,000 IP cases of first-instance, up 10 percent.
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China will initially establish an effective standardized IPR service system by the year of 2020.
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The provincial government announced recently the establishment of a provincial patent award, which has begun on March 1.
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The sum spent on research and development (R&D) in China rose 12.4 percent year on year in 2014.
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The 2014 work report for the people's courts showed that courts in China reached verdicts in the first hearings of 10,803 IP criminal cases, 94,501 civil cases and 4,887 administrative cases in 2014.
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The Supreme People's Court set up a judicial protection research center for intellectual property rights on March 18.
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The second Qingdao-Northeast Asia Copyright Creativity Fine Products Exhibition will be held on April 30.
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