Enforcing Your Patent Right In China

With the fourth amendment of the Chinese Patent Law nearing completion, China will have moved ahead in perfecting its intellectual property protection system and improving patent protection enforcement. The amendment is aimed at solving the problems "difficulties in proving, long cycle, high cost, low compensation, and ineffectiveness", which patentees complain of occurring when enforcing their patent rights. A number of measures are added in the drafted amendments, which include strengthening patent protection, increasing law enforcement efforts, establishing sound long-term mechanisms to combat against patent infringement, promoting the combination of patent administrative enforcement and judicial protection, boosting law enforcement efficiency, and reducing the costs of protecting patent rights, which will guarantee the patentees' interests.