On March 24, Shen Changyu, Commissioner of State Intellectual Property Office of P.R.C. (SIPO) met with Mr. Adil El Maliki, Director General of the Moroccan Industrial and Commercial Property Office (OMPIC) in Beijing. At the meeting, Shen Chanyu reiterated that OMPIC was an important partner of SIPO in North Africa, and it was his hope that the meeting would strengthen the communication between the two sides and lay a solid foundation for their further cooperation in the future. Mr. Adil El Maliki expressed his appreciation for the remarkable achievements China has accomplished in the field of intellectual property, and the wish for closer cooperation between the two sides. During the meeting, the two offices reported their latest progress in IPR respectively and exchanged views on patent examination period, the management of examination quality, cooperation on cloud patent examination systems, personnel training and exchanges, IPR cultural construction, and the work progress of China- Morocco joint committee, etc..

Source: Translated from China IP News Chinese Version