CUSTOMS IN CHINA


• A copy of the applicant’s certificate of identity together with its Chinese translation;


• A colour scan of the certificate of registration for the patented utility model;


• A colour scan of the patent register if there is more than one year from the date of the patent grant’s announcement to the date of the application to register the patent at customs, or if there are changes to the patent register;


• A colour scan of the patent search report if the filing date or the priority date of the patent was before October 1, 2009 (not including this date); and


• A colour scan of the patent evaluation report if the filing date or the priority date of the patent was aſter October 1, 2009 (including this date).


Designs • Relevant


information about the patented design to be recorded;


• A copy of the applicant’s certificate of identity together with its Chinese translation;


• A colour scan of the certificate of registration for the patented design;


• A colour scan of the patent register if there is more than one year from the date of the patent grant’s announcement to the date of the application to register the patent at customs, or if there are changes to the patent register;


• A colour scan of the patent evaluation report if the filing date or the priority date of the patent was aſter October 1, 2009 (including this date); and


• A colour scan of the figures of the design patent as published in the design patent gazette.


issued by the relevant copyright authority and photos of the work certified by the authority together with their Chinese translations; and


• A colour scan of other copyright documentation, if any.


Inventions • Relevant information about the patented invention to be recorded;


• A copy of the applicant’s certificate of identity together with its Chinese translation;


• A colour scan of the certificate of registration for the patented invention; and


• A colour scan of the patent register if there is more than one year from the date of the patent grant’s announcement to the date of


the application to register the patent


at customs, or if there are changes to the patent register.


Utility models • Relevant information about the patented utility model to be recorded;


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Xiang Gao is a partner at Peksung Intellectual Property. He


registered to


practise before the CTMO in 1995, and handles trademark, copyright and domain name matters. He is a member of AIPPI China and INTA. He can be contacted at: gxiang@peksung.com


Stephen Yang is a partner at Peksung Intellectual Property. His practice area covers patent search, infringement analysis, patent application drafting, prosecution, invalidation and litigation in a wide variety of technical fields. He can be contacted at: yyong@peksung.com


If an applicant entrusts a Chinese firm


with applying for the recordation, an original power of attorney executed by the applicant should also be submitted. Te valid period for recording an IP right


with the GACC is ten years, counted from the date of approval by the GACC. If


the


remaining term of the IP is less than ten years from the date of approval by the GACC, the valid period for recording IP in the GACC ends when the IP expires.


Renewals Recording IP with the GACC can be renewed for another ten years without paying an official fee within six months before the GACC record expires. Te renewal issue usually concerns trademark registration, because the term of a registered trademark is ten years from the date of its registration with the CTMO and is renewable for ten-year periods. An application to renew a trademark


registration can be filed with the CTMO within 12 months prior to the expiry of the trademark registration. When applying to renew a recorded trademark with the GACC, a right owner must submit a copy of the certificate of the renewed trademark issued by the CTMO. Without providing it before the expiration


date, the customs renewal shall fail and the right owner must re-file the application for recordation and pay the official fee again. To avoid it, trademark renewal should be attended to much earlier than customs renewal. 


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