Advocacy Actions
Comments to NPC on E-commerce Law (Draft for Second Review)
The European Chamber's submitted collated comments on the E-commerce Law (Draft for Second Review) to the National People's Congress (NPC).
Read moreComments to NPC on Anti-Unfair Competition Law (Second Draft for Review)
On September 22, 2017, the European Chamber submitted feedback received from members regarding the call for comments on the second review draft of revision on Anti-Unfair Competition Law issued by the National People’s Congress (NPC).
Read moreMeeting with EUIPO on EU-China IP Priority Areas and IP Key China Project
On September 20, 2017, representatives of the European Chamber’s Intellectual Property Rights Working Group and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) met at the European Union Delegation Beijing Office to discuss the start and the objectives of the next phase of IP Key China project, as well as possible avenues of support from the Working Group and the Chamber’s recently launched 2017/2018 Position Paper.
Read moreMeeting with Managing Director of Multilateral Trading System Department of Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
Mr Takeshi Komoto, Managing Director of Multilateral Trading System Department, Trade Policy Bureau of Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, led a delegation to the European Chamber to discuss foreign investment environment in China along with other industry concerns.
Read moreMeeting with AQSIQ on Combat Against Counterfeits and IPR Protection for Imports and Exports
On 14 August, 2017, the Chamber's representatives paid the visit to and had a dialogue with AQSIQ on anti-counterfeits and IPR protection for imports and exports.
Read more2017 China Forum on Criminal IP Protection
The European Chamber co-organised the 2017 China Forum on Criminal IP Protection on 20-21th June in Hangzhou. European Chamber Vice President and Shanghai Chapter Chairman addressed at the opening remarks. The Chamber’s National Chair of the Intellectual Property Right Working Group participated and presented in the panel discussion.
Read moreComments on Anti-unfair Competition Law (Draft Revision)
The European Chamber submitted consolidated comments from member companies to the National People's Congress on Anti-unfair Competition Law (Draft Revision).
Read moreMeeting with SAIC on Anti-Monopoly Guidelines on the IPR Abuse
A meeting with SAIC was held to discuss on the latest version of the Anti-Monopoly Guidelines on the IPR Abuse SAIC is drafting.
Read more30 years of EPO - SIPO Cooperation Celebrated in Beijing: The European Chamber Contributes.
30 years of EPO - SIPO Cooperation Celebrated in Beijing: The European Chamber Contributes.
On 26th November, the European Chamber participated in the second international symposium marking the 30th Anniversary of EPO (European Patent Office) - SIPO (State Intellectual Property Office) Cooperation, this time in Beijing. The EPO and SIPO looked back at the last 30 years of joint projects and achievements, with EPO President Benoit Battistelli and SIPO Commissioner Shen Changyu once again confirming the strong links between the respective organizations and the European and Chinese patent systems.
CTMO Lobby letter on Acceptance of Non-English Characters
"The trade mark application form requires an applicant to complete its name and address in Chinese and English characters. Over the years, the requirement to use English characters has not been strictly enforced such that German, French, Danish etc. characters (e.g. “β”, “ö”, “ǽ”, “ø”) have been accepted and appear on the Office's online database and on registration certificates.
Without prior notification, the Office is now strictly enforcing the requirement to only use English characters. Thus, applications containing non-English characters in the applicant's name and address are being rejected. To confound matters, the International Registration Department is simply deleting the umlauts, which unfortunately can make trade mark unenforceable as many European authorities will refuse to notarise a power of attorney where there are differences in the required signatory is a "Mr. Moller" rather than the "Mr. Möller" or "Mr. Moeller" standing before them, who may be the actual owner of the mark in question."