Following the advent of first Chinese Civil Code (民法典) in May of 2020, the public have been actively talking about the new law.

The Supreme People's Court has issued five judicial interpretations related to intellectual property rights.

According to the Chinese Patent Law and practice, means-plus-function claims are interpreted differently at the time of Chinese patent prosecution and Chinese patent litigation.

It is possible in China to file both an invention patent application and a utility model (UM) patent application on the same day through Paris Convention direct filing.

The legitimate source is one of the most commonly used defenses of non-infringement. It is stipulated in Article 70 of the Patent Law "If the product is used, offered for sale, or sold for...

The China National Intellectual Property Administration issued Transitional Guideline for the Processing of Related Examination Regarding the Implementation of the New Patent Law yesterday, May 25, 2021.

In order to encourage the development of innovative pharmaceutical companies in China, patent term extension (PTE) is introduced for the first time to the amended Chinese Patent Law...

Introduction of Partial Design is one of the most important changes in the upcoming new Chinese Patent Law and that will come into effect from June 1, 2021.

In order to improve the patent quality, the Chinese Patent Office (CNIPA) made a series of policies to cut down patent subsidization and strike down abnormal patent applications.

The new Chinese Patent Law is confirmed to take effect on June 1, 2021.

This is the best way to simultaneously "obtain a priority date as early as possible" and "meet the patent confidentiality examination requirement of China".

On 15 December, 2020, China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) released the first batch of guiding cases for administrative enforcement of intellectual property rights.

In the Chinese Patent Law, there are a number of provisions directed to Compulsory License.

Following the New Judicial Interpretation on Patent Infringement by the Supreme Court of last year, we see change in court's way of allocating burden of production. Please refer to the following for detailed information.

May 2016, Plaintiffs Beijing Qihu technology co. LTD and Qizhi software (Beijing) co. LTD sued Beijing Jiangmin technology co. LTD on the grounds of infringement of their design patent "computer with GUI", ...

Over 30 years mutual cooperation, the Chinese Patent Office and European Patent Office devoted to improve the patent quality and coordinate their local patent system together.

Over the past year, the Intellectual Property Tribunal of the Supreme People's Court (SPC) has given full play on the trial of intellectual property cases at the national level,...

In order to further crack down the abnormal (low-quality) patent filing behaviors in China, CNIPA released (Draft Amendment to Several Provisions Regarding the Regulation of Patent Applications) on 6th May, 2021 ...

On 3rd March, 2021, the Supreme People's Court issued "Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court on Punitive Damages Concerning the Trial of Civil Cases Involving Infringements...

Second medical use of a known compound is an important invention to the pharmaceutical industry.