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.
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
With the development of industry and technology, patent infringement disputes become very common while competitors strive to occupy as big a proportion of the market share in the relative industry
In China, while patent infringement disputes are usually dealt by the People’s Court, the determination of validity of a patent is within the exclusive jurisdiction of the China National Intellec
The Supreme Court of China issued the Interpretation on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Law in the Trial of Disputes over Infringement of Patent Rights in 2009.
Sometimes, the patent owner or a person in privity may want to sue not only the company infringing on his patent right, but also the actual controlling person of the company, in order to stifle rep
