CNIPA Deputy Commissioner Leads Delegation to Brazil and Argentina for Working Visits

Recently, Lu Pengqi, Deputy Commissioner of the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA), led a delegation to attend the 17th BRICS Heads of Intellectual Property Offices Meeting in Brazil, and paid working visits to the National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) of Brazil and the National Institute of Industrial Property of Argentina.

This year's meeting marked the first formal meeting of the heads of the ten BRICS IP offices following the BRICS expansion on IP cooperation. Attendees signed the meeting minutes. During his visit to Brazil, Lu held talks with the INPI President and signed a memorandum of understanding on the CNIPA-INPI Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) pilot program.

During his visit to Argentina, Lu met with the President of the National Institute of Industrial Property of Argentina for in-depth discussions on the latest developments in IP work, capacity building, artificial intelligence patent examination, and bilateral cooperation. The delegation also visited the Chinese Embassy in Argentina and exchanged views with Chinese enterprises at the Argentine-China Chamber of Commerce.(Sourced from CNIPA Website)