Invention Patent Term Can Now Be Extended Through Compensation
In today’s era of innovation-driven development, patents are not just the embodiment of innovators’ wisdom but also significant weapons in market competition.
Guides to Stay Trademark Review Cases
Recently, the Trademark Office of the CNIPA issued the guides to stay trademark review cases, which outlines seven specific situations for mandatory stay and three situations for optional stay, aiming to facilitate flexible operation in trademark review procedures.
Understanding and Application of “Same Facts and Grounds” in Trademark Review Cases
In order to save administrative resources, improve administrative efficiency, and protect the certainty of trademark allowance and confirmation, Article 62 of the Implementing Regulations of the Trademark Law stipulates the “Res judicata”,
Patent Marking on Products
Patent holders have the right to indicate patent information on their patented products or the packaging of the patented products.
Seeking Protection for Products via Two Types of Patent Applications — Unique Both-Filing Strategy in China
Both-filing, or dual filing, is a unique strategy in the Chinese patent system, through which an applicant can pursue patent protection for their technical schemes related to products via two types of applications, invention and utility model patent applications.