On 17 October 2020, China's NPC adopted amendments to the Patent Law, which will take effect on 1 June 2021. The highlights are the adoption of a patent linkage system, a patent term extension for pharmaceutical patents,...more
On 6 July 2020, China's National People’s Congress (NPC) released its latest Draft Patent Law for public comment, proposing, amongst other things, a patent linkage system, patent term extension for pharmaceutical patents,...more
On 6 July, China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) published additional amendments to its draft patent law, which was first released in January 2019. As we reported at that time here, the proposed Chinese Patent Law...more
On January 4, China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) released draft amendments to the Chinese Patent Law, proposing expanded and enhanced protections that may provide real benefits to companies that develop new drugs. ...more