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The 'safe harbor' rule applies to monopoly agreement. Harsher sanctions are in place for violations.

Since the advent of mobile era, smartphones have become an indispensable part of our daily life. Statistics show that Chinese people rank the second in the world, in terms of the amount of time spent ...

Africa could double its current growth rate for the next 40 years by drawing on China's development strategy, which offers the strongest "proof of concept" for sustained high growth...

In the trial of this case, firstly it was necessary to determine the applicable law.

Recently, China's Top 10 Copyright Events in 2021 were selected and released by the National Copyright Administration of China.

The SPC concluded an appeal in an administrative dispute concerning the invalidation against an invention patent. The Court overturned both the first instance decision and the CNIPA's ruling. The case makes clear that when assessing inventiveness, courts and the CNIPA should avoid directly or simply assuming that a patented technical solution is obvious merely because it operates on the same principle. Inventiveness should not be easily dismissed with phrases such as "would have been easily thought of" or "would have been readily available."

Recently, the SPC resolved a dispute over technical secret infringement, specifying the differences in judgment standards for the confidential nature of certain technical information...

Recently, the official website of the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) added a new section featuring judicial protection cases related to China's seed industry.

Chinese lithium battery startup Carku has secured its third win against its US rival NOCO in a recent ITC Section 337 case, as announced on Monday.

From December 1, 2021, the CNIPA will collect fees for international phase of PCT applications based on the amounts in CNY published by the World Intellectual Property Office.

In a patent infringement case, the Supreme People's Court established that when a product manufacturer provides software and an operation manual as essential components to achieve the functions of the accused product.

Individuals and enterprises should be more honest when applying to register trademarks since many applicants have lost lawsuits due to deception in recent years, Beijing judges said.

The global patent landscape marked its fifth consecutive year of growth, as China once again led the world with an impressive 1.8 million patent applications, according to a report issued by the WIPO on Wednesday.

The evolution of intellectual property (IP) in China provides valuable insights into the country's 75-year journey of innovation.

"The CNIPA's first batch of patent enforcement rulings shows it's more than capable of handling technical cases," the UK-based Managing IP magazine leads with this sentence in an article...

From 2012 to September, the administration granted 3.95 million patents, with an average annual increase each year of 13.8 percent, bringing the number of valid patents to over 4.08 million.

IP is a pivotal carrier for universities' innovative fruit and plays a central role in bridging innovation with market and productivity.

Since the amendment of Patent Law in 2008, the novelty criteria in China has been raised to "Absolute Novelty Standard". Absolute novelty means that an invention...