Revision of PRC Copyright Law and its impact to the IP landscape in China
The Copyright Law of China was first enacted in 1990, and was revised twice in 2001 and 2010, respectively. The third revision of the law, which commenced on 13 July 2011, finally came into place after 10 years of efforts. The revised law was approved by the Standing Committee of National People’s Congress of China …
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Major changes to patent laws in China
On 17 October 2020, the Standing Committee of China’s National People’s Congress passed a new amendment to the Patent Law of the People’s Republic of China (“Patent Law”) which will take effect on 1 June 2021. This amendment will mark only the fourth change since it was first introduced in 1983, as well as the …
CHINA RELEASED A DRAFT AMENDAMENT TO ITS COPYRIGHT LAW FOR PUBLIC COMMENT
After nearly ten years of efforts, the third revision of Copyright Law of China finally moved to its final stage. On April 26, 2020, the Standing Committee of National People’s Congress of China reviewed a draft amendment to the law. On April 30, the National People’s Congress released the draft for public comment.
CHINA AMENDED ITS GUIDELINES FOR PATENT EXAMINATION ONCE AGAIN
Guidelines for Patent Examination (“the Guidelines”) on December 31, 2019, which was a second amendment made to the Guidelines in 2019. The previous amendment, which was announced on September 23rd, 2019 and took effect on November 1st, 2019 addressed a variety of issues in patent examinations. This second amendment, in contrast, focused on one single topic, that is, …
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