Earlier this year, the Shanghai IP Court (“Court”) handed down an interesting judgment in a patent infringement case between a French car parts manufacturer and three Chinese defendants (two Xiamen, Fujian Province based...more
On 4 January 2019, China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) released draft amendments to the Chinese patent law for public comments (English translation available upon request), proposing, among other issues...
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1/18/2019
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China ,
Design Patent ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inventions ,
New Amendments ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Term Extensions ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Standards
Hogan Lovells’ Standard Essential Patent (SEP) Update reports on recent news and case decisions from jurisdictions including China, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
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1/9/2019
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Antitrust Litigation ,
China ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FRAND ,
Germany ,
Huawei ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
IP License ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Qualcomm ,
Royalties ,
Samsung ,
Standard Essential Patents ,
Telecommunications ,
UK
On 5 December 2018, the latest draft of the Chinese Patent Law was presented to China’s State Council (i.e. the executive body of China’s central government) during a meeting chaired by Premier Li Keqiang (see here for a...more
16 April 2018 – Huawei’s jurisdictional challenge to Conversant Wireless’ patent infringement and FRAND determination proceedings has been dismissed by the High Court of England and Wales. ...more
6/28/2018
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FRAND ,
Huawei ,
Injunctions ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
IP License ,
Jurisdiction ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Qualcomm ,
Samsung ,
Standard Essential Patents ,
Telecommunications ,
Wireless Industry
In China, most damages awarded in patent cases are statutory in nature despite the availability of additional options of calculating damages including losses by the plaintiff, profits obtained by the defendant, or where a...more