Insights Into Patent Document Translation: Lessons From A Landmark Patent Confirmation Administrative Case

According to the recent publication on China Judgements Online, a platform offering the largest collection of judgments and decisions from Chinese courts, the Supreme People's Court upheld the invalidity of InterDigital's patent in favor of Huawei. This result reflects Huawei's remarkable capability of challenging InterDigital's patents. In addition to the final judgment result of this case, a minor issue in the adjudication has captured our attention.

From the administrative judgment by the Supreme People's Court, it can be seen that one of the focuses of dispute between the parties pertained to a translation discrepancy introduced upon entry of the InterDigital's PCT application into the Chinese national phase. More specifically, the translation discrepancy is about the translation of the word "or" from English to Chinese.