China

Provisions for Investigation and Handling of Acts of Passing Off Patent by Administrative Authority for Patent Affairs

Year of current version:	1999
Date of entry into force of original text:	February 1, 1999
Date of Text (Issued):	January 6, 1999
Type of Text:	Implementing Rules/Regulations
Subject Matter:	Enforcement of IP and Related Laws, Industrial Designs, Patents (Inventions), Utility Models
Notes:	These Measures address the investigation and handling of acts of passing off a patent. Such acts are the manufacture, sale, licensing, or advertising of non-patented processes or products bearing signs of patent (including products for which the patent right has been revoked or invalidated) as well as the printing or supply of signs of patent and the counterfeiting or altering of patent documentation for such acts.
Available Texts:
Chinese	专利管理机关查处冒充专利行为规定 (Version with Automatic Translation Tool)
English	Provisions for Investigation and Handling of Acts of Passing Off Patent by Administrative Authority for Patent Affairs
Related Legislation:	Relates to Patent Law of the People’s Republic of China (as last amended on December 27, 2008) (CN028)
WIPO Lex No.:	CN087