CHINA IP RESOURCES
Practical guides before your China IP decision.
Read focused, source-linked guidance on trademark, patent and PCT preparation. Start with the question you have today—then confirm your actual case with the responsible professional.
START HERE
Three common routes, three useful briefs.
These are preparation guides, not clearance opinions, deadline confirmations or instructions to file.
China trademark filing checklist for overseas applicants
Collect the owner, mark variants and goods or services before asking a qualified agency to assess the filing route.
Invention, utility model or design in China?
Separate technical solutions from product appearance and identify the materials a patent professional needs to review.
Preparing for the PCT national phase in China
Bring the international-application details, priority history and translation questions together before a deadline review.
GO DEEPER · TRADEMARKS
Explore the decisions behind a China brand filing.
These focused guides answer a narrower question than a general service page and connect it to the records or choices that require professional review.
How to prepare a China trademark search
Search inputs, mark variants, goods and services, and why an exact-name result cannot settle availability.
Should you protect a Chinese brand name?
Compare meaning-led and sound-led names, ownership and the sign your customers actually see.
Madrid designation or direct China filing?
Use your home mark, desired territories and China-specific scope to frame the route discussion.
PRODUCT APPEARANCE
Does a design patent fit your product question?
China distinguishes technical inventions, product structures and product appearance. Our design-preparation guide identifies the visual material, ownership facts and disclosure dates worth collecting before a professional review.
See the questions in context.
Three fictional, clearly labelled planning situations cover a bilingual brand, a product with technical and visual features, and a PCT China-entry brief. These are not our client cases or results.
TURN READING INTO ACTION
Not sure which brief fits?
Use the free, browser-only IP Planner to organise a first enquiry. It does not submit your answers, search official records or give a legal conclusion.
Official sources first.
Our guides link to CNIPA and WIPO where a procedural statement needs a source. Government rules and deadlines can change; your responsible filing party must verify current requirements for the specific facts.
STILL HAVE A QUESTION?
Discuss your China IP starting point.
Share only a high-level description in your first message; avoid unpublished invention details.