Major improvements are on design patent, and patent infringement
compensation.
Shortly after my article on the 2nd deliberation draft on the
4th amendments to the Chinese Patent Law (4th amendments to the
Law) was published in the Oct 2020 issue of the UK CIPA Journal,
these 4th amendments to the Law was passed by the Chinese National
People's Congress (NPC) on 17 October 2020. The new Law will
come into force on 1 June 2021.
My article mentioned above is available at the link below, which
is a summary of the changes in proposed amendments in the last five
years:
http://www.teehowe.com/download/CIPA%202020-10%20DD2%20of%20CN%20patent%20law%20amendments.pdf
My previous reports on the 1st and 2nd drafts from the CNIPA
were published in the May 2015 and March 2016 issues of the CIPA
Journal.
