The Supreme People's Court promulgated a new Judicial Interpretation (“JI”) on the Application of Punitive Damages to the Trial of Civil Cases of Infringement of Intellectual Property Right on Marc
In China, since 1993 the term of a patent for invention (equivalent to utility patent) has been 20 years.
On October 17, 2020, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (“SCNPC”) promulgated the Fourth Amendment to the China Patent Law (“CPL”), which will come into effect on June 1, 2021
On August 28, 2020, the Supreme People’s Court of China (SPC) granted anti-suit injunctions involving three Chinese standard essential patents (SEPs) owned by Conversant.
Article 5, paragraph 1 of the Patent Law of the People's Republic of China stipulates that no patent right shall be granted for any invention-creation that is contrary to the laws.
On June 20, 2020, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) published its 2020 version of draft amendments to Patent Law (2020 version) for comment.
As one of the youngest patent systems in the world, China's patent system and policies are developing rapidly and already have an increasingly strong influence globally. On the eve of the 20th Worl
PCT applications designating or electing Italy filed as from July 1, 2020, can enter the national phase without the need to go through the European regional phase as previously required by the Ital
As one of the youngest patent systems in the world, China's patent system and policies are developing rapidly and already have an increasingly strong influence globally.
