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. Millions of opinions have been collected in the past 15 months since the last version...

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 World Intellectual Property Day, the Chinese National Intellec...

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 Italian Patent Law. The deadline for entering the national pha...

The Supreme People’s Court of China (SPC) recently issued revised “ Provisions on Several Issues Concerning the Trial of Administrative Cases Involving the Patent Granting and Validity (I)” for comment. This is the first revised version of the Provisions ...