Company News | CANTOOP participated in the SIPSA "Know-You-Encounter" series of activities to explore business innovation and service upgrades

2025-04-30

On April 29, 2025, the second phase of the "Knowledge" series of activities (the 8th in total) and the theme activity of the April 26 Intellectual Property Publicity Week hosted by the Shanghai Intellectual Property Service Industry Association were successfully held at the Shanghai Agency of the Patent Office of the State Intellectual Property Office. As a member of the Shanghai Intellectual Property Service Industry Association, CANTOOP Intellectual Property Service (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "CANTOOP") actively responded to the call to participate in this event, discuss the new trend of intellectual property services with industry colleagues, and deepen its business practice capabilities.

The event focused on the main line of "precise service and innovation empowerment", focusing on the pain points of enterprise intellectual property practice. Xu Lihe, Director of the Intellectual Property Agency Office of Shanghai Municipal Intellectual Property Office, attended the event and delivered a speech, emphasizing that intellectual property services need to closely follow the national policy guidance, continue to optimize the service process, and help enterprises improve the efficiency of the transformation of innovation achievements. In particular, he pointed out that in the context of digital transformation, service organizations should actively explore the integration path of intelligent tools and professional experience to provide higher value solutions for innovative subjects. At the event, experts from the agency and industry associations conducted in-depth analysis on hot topics such as the declaration of patent open license and the filing of the implementation license contract, the practical operation of patent payment business, and the registration process of the pledge of the exclusive right to use trademarks.

Xu Lihe, Director of the Intellectual Property Agency Division of Shanghai Municipal Intellectual Property Office

In the special sharing session, the business experts of the agency systematically sorted out the applicable conditions and operational specifications for the priority examination of patent applications, combined with the latest revision of the Administrative Measures for Priority Examination of Patents, and analyzed them layer by layer from material preparation, examination cycle to risk prevention and control, so as to provide reference for enterprises to efficiently deploy high-value patents. In view of the recent online reform of patent payment that enterprises are concerned about, the experts demonstrated in detail the operation process of the "patent business handling system", and reminded the key details such as payment voucher management and late fee calculation. In addition, the practical explanation of the registration of the pledge of the exclusive right to use a trademark is carried out from the dimensions of legal effect, key points of examination of registration materials, and the path to realize the pledge, so as to inject practical guidance into intellectual property financial services. At the end of the event, under the guidance of the staff, the participants visited the service hall of the Shanghai agency to get a close understanding of the window handling process of patent priority examination, fee reduction and filing, and feel the efficiency and standardization of the "one-stop" service.

As the backbone of Shanghai's intellectual property service industry, CANTOOP has always been committed to improving its service level. This event brought together industry authorities, service organizations and enterprise representatives, and built a high-quality communication platform for member units through a combination of policy interpretation, case study and on-site observation. CANTOOP participated in and actively interacted with experts throughout the process, and had in-depth discussions with experts on complex issues encountered in practice, such as the filing of cross-border patent licensing contracts and the collaborative registration of trademark pledges in multiple countries. In the future, the company will continue to rely on the resources of the association, deepen policy research and business innovation, further optimize special services such as intellectual property custody and licensing transaction support, and contribute to the construction of Shanghai as an international intellectual property protection highland.