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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, May 11 (Xinhua) — China’s National Intellectual Property Administration (NIPA) recently approved the establishment of a new national-level rapid service center for intellectual property rights (IPR) protection in Shenzhen, south China’s Guangdong Province, the NIPA said.
The new center will be located in Futian District, home to more than 2,000 fashion enterprises and an industrial cluster valued at more than 120 billion yuan (about $16.6 billion).
According to the GUIS, the new center, which specializes in IPR protection work in the fashion and design industry, will offer local businesses expedited intellectual property services for filing design patent applications, ensuring timely protection of their innovations and preventing imitation or infringement by competitors.
The GUIS reported that the processing period from filing an application to receiving permission to issue a patent can be reduced to three months thanks to the services provided by this center. As a rule, the process of obtaining a patent for an industrial design from filing an application to receiving permission takes about six months.
There are currently 48 such centers operating in China, specializing in different industries such as toys, small goods, furniture, etc. -0-