Asia
01 March 2010
• China slashes trade mark pendency The China Trade Mark Office cut its trade mark pendency to 18 months in 2009 and plans to register marks in less than 12 months in 2010.
The reduction is a big improvement on the average of 30 to 36 months it was taking to register trade marks just two years ago. The China Trade Mark Office (CTMO) is the busiest in the world and has received between 600,000 and 700,000 applications each year since 2005. This led...
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