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Patent applications in China streamlined for UK businesses

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A new patent office partnership between the UK and China may make life easier for UK SMEs wishing to transfer their innovations to China.

On July 1 2014 the UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) and China’s State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) launched a new pilot Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) programme to allow those who have been granted a patent at one office to request fast-track processing of an equivalent application at the other.

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Southeast Asian Unity Approaches

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The ASEAN IPR SME Helpdesk takes a look ahead towards the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) in 2015. Is this the beginning of a new era for foreign companies in Southeast Asia or business as usual?

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SME in the spotlight: Wuvio

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The Dutch SME Wuvio is a market leader in producing chemicals to combat dust for construction sites, energy producers, mining and dry bulk companies. Wuvio works with unique solutions, using innovative mixtures of chemicals, or chemical compounds, developed in-house. The company had been active in Europe for 11 years when they decided it was time to make the move to China. As unique solutions for industrial processes combined with innovative chemical compounds require a structured approach to IPR, we spoke with Rob te Braake, Wuvio representative in China to share his experiences and give some practical tips for any business looking to protect this kind of intellectual property portfolio.

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Let the Games Begin… It’s official: the Serious Game has been launched!

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Winners of the Serious Game Launch Competition

The China IPR SME Helpdesk launched the Serious Game on Thursday, 22 May at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beijing. There were games to be played, prizes to be won and networks to be made. The name of the game was simple. Each person attending played in a team of four and each team had one hour to earn as much profit as possible – the team that earned the most amount of money would win a prize (hello, chocolates and legal vouchers!).

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We’re not always so serious about intellectual property.… Introducing the Serious Game

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serious game screenshot 3Whoever said learning about intellectual property rights in China couldn’t be fun? Well, even if they did they won’t anymore: The China IPR SME Helpdesk is set to release it’s IPR Serious Game – the most, ahem, entertaining IPR tool yet to be added to its arsenal.

So what’s it all about then…?

 

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