China's new patent law is about to take effect on June 1, 2021, but the implementing regulations have not yet been formulated.

The applicants shall ensure the completeness of clinical trial data.

I think it is reasonble to believe the 4th Amendment may be passed or even take effect in 2019.

On January 29, 2021, the Intermediate People's Court of Suzhou, Jiangsu Province granted injunction amid the litigation initiated by BURBERRY LIMITED

1.497 million Invention patent applications were filed in 2020, among which 1.345 million (89.8%) were filed by Chinese applicants...

On March 11, 2021, CNIPA announced its statement to crack down on "abnormal" patent applications and specifically define abnormal patent application behaviors.

In Chinese judicial practice, the difficulty in burden of proof has always been one of the most problems IPR holders face when defending their IP rights through civil lawsuit.

China adopts a bifurcated system for patent infringement cases, i.e., infringement and patent validity are handled separately by different authorities.

On Oct 27, 2022, Beijing IP Court in an appeal case confirmed the first instance court decision and awarded Continental Tire China damages of RMB 4.5 million (~US$ 643,000) plus reasonable expenses...

In 2020, courts across China received 443,326 first-instance cases and concluded 442,722 cases, an increase of 11.1% and 12.22% respectively over 2019, wherein there were 28,528 patent cases (28.09% up); 78,157 trademark cases (19.86% up); 313,497 copyright cases (6.97% up).

A new draft amendment of Patent Examination Guidelines was published on April 4, 2019. The solicitation of public opinions will end on May 5, 2019.

In recent times, issues surrounding the cancellation of registered trademarks for non-use over three consecutive years have become a hot topic due to practical changes and the substantial volume of Office Actions ...

In this way, it is possible to apply the judgment standards as consistently as possible.

Renault's Chinese design patent No. ZL202130363449.5 for their MOBILIZE vehicles was invalidated by CNIPA on August 2, 2022 on the basis of conflicting with other's prior trademark right.

Van Cleef & Arpels is the owner of the Chinese 3D trademark No. 15736970 (figure on the left) for its Alhambra product line (figure on the right) and the approved goods include jewelry.

To adapt to China's technical development and improve the management of technical trade, on July 15, 2025, the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Science and Technology published an updated version of 'Catalog of Technologies Prohibited or Restricted from Export' which took effect immediately.

Anti-monopoly Law of China was amended on June 24, 2022 by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and will take effect on August 1, 2022.

The generics applicant, when filing a request for drug marketing approval, shall make a declaration on each relevant drug patent.

The amendments are made to the contents in Part II, Chapter X in relation to provisions on examination of invention application in the field of chemistry and can be generalized into the following aspects.

For a long time, there has been a debate over whether foreign-oriented OEM processing constitutes trademark use and/or trademark infringement in different cases.