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According to the report of Chinese state-run news agency Xinhua, the Guangdong High People’s Court had made an announcement on May 14, 2019, that Chinese tech giant Huawei and its rival Samsung in the Republic of Korea had settled their 8-year long-...

On April 23, 2019, the Tenth Session of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress passed a decision to amend the Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China. The detailed content of the amendment to the "Trademark Law of the...

On April 23, 2019, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress ( NPCSC ) passed the amendments to the PRC Anti-Unfair Competition Law, the second amendments since the implementation of the PRC Anti-Unfair Competition Law in 1993 and the...

On March 15, 2019, the National People’s Congress adopted the Foreign Investment Law . Becoming effective on January 1, 2020, the Law will replace China’s three current separate foreign investment laws enacted in the early years of China’s reform...

A recent press release revealed the list of top 100 Chinese companies filing the most PCT patent applications in 2018, specifically based on the data published by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) from January 1, 2018 to October 31...

On October 26, 2018, Decisions on Several Issues Concerning the litigation Procedures of Patent and Similar Cases (hereinafter referred to as “Decision”) proposed by the Supreme Court was passed during the sixth vote of the Standing Committee of the...

Tencent launched QQ chat software in 1999, since then the new message notification sound “Di Di Di Di Di Di”can be heard instantly once a new message arrives. Tencent began to apply for a trademark for the sound in 2014, which was rejected by the...

The past two years have witnessed great progress in China’s intellectual property area with the pilot reform in the comprehensive management of intellectual property and the restructuring of the State Intellectual Property Office. China has realized...

An executive meeting of the State Council of China was held on April 12, 2018 and presided by Premier Mr. Li Keqiang. According to the meeting, a series measures will be taken to encourage the importation of innovative medicines into Chinese market...

Li Keqiang, the Prime Minister, announced on an executive meeting of the State Council that, the government will further clean up and standardize enterprise-related fees to reduce the burden of these enterprises, including cancelling the patent...