China has developed rapidly in the pharmaceutical industry in the past few years and has become one of the largest and most active pharmaceutical markets in the world. To further encourage innovation in drug development, China has initiated a series of re...

1. Brief Introduction of the Hague System The Hague System for international design applications offers the owner of a design a means of obtaining up to 15 years of protection in several countries by filing one application in one language, with one set of...

The China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) released the revised Implementing Regulations of the Patent Law as well as the Patent Examination Guidelines on December 21, 2023. Both the Implementing Regulations and the Examination Guidel...

Since patent linkage came into effect on June 1, 2021 (See, Luo JH et al, Why brand-name pharmaceuticals should look to Chinas patent linkage system), more than 100 patent linkage cases have been filed and dozens of decisions have been issued by the Chine...