These guidelines were announced by the SAMR on 30 June 2023,
with a deadline to comment on 29 July 2023 (yes, less than one
month, the draft is not long though) at the link below:
https://www.samr.gov.cn/hd/zjdc/art/2023/art_6422b2fb728f486b9814349213ea07c6.html
These guidelines could affect standard setting and negotiation
of license of standard essential patents (SEPs). China seemingly is
trying to pioneer in the area of anti-monopoly and SEPs. Further,
this is the way of China "rule by law"
.
Below are some of my observations as a layman:
- There are many high-level principles, which may state the
obvious, for example the following (italic words in brackets
are my suggestions for the comment):
