Limitation by “parameter features” is a love-hate claim drafting approach. It’s highly praised by applicant/patentee because it leads to great the difficulty in searching and finding prior arts that directly disclose the recited…
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/ Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
China, which has enjoyed the reputation of being the “World’s Factory” and an “Important World Market” for many years, has also topped the global list in trademark applications for 20 consecutive years. Due to China National…
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/ Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
With the rapid economic development in the society, the update and iteration speed of many products, especially electronic products, is accelerating. This situation has also given rise to a huge market for the recycling and…
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/ Intellectual Property
In June 2023, the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) released an article “Interpretation of the ‘Regulations on the Circumstances of Suspension of Review Cases’” (the “Interpretation”) on its official…
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/ Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property
In recent years, the examination of whether a trademark sign violates the misidentification clause in trademark authorization and affirmation cases has become increasingly stringent. The number of related trademark refusals and…
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/ Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property
In filing cross-border patent applications, it is a general practice for foreign patent applicant to claim “right of priority” of the prior foreign patent application at the time of filing a Chinese patent application so as to…
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/ Intellectual Property, International Law & Trade
China’s state council issued State Council Degree No. 769 on December 21, 2023 to enact the Implementing Regulations of the Patent Law (Amended in 2023) (hereinafter referred to as “the Implementing Regulations (Amended in…
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/ Health, Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
The determination of similar goods, as a constituent element in determining whether infringement exists in trademark infringement cases, has consistently garnered significant attention, and remains a contentious issue. This…
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/ Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property
In recent years, the number of cancellations based on non-use of trademarks for 3 consecutive years has increased year by year. When submitting use evidence to the CNIPA in response to the cancellation, there is a situation…
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/ Intellectual Property, International Law & Trade
The latest version of the CNIPA’s Guidelines for Patent Examination (hereinafter referred to as “the latest Guidelines”) came into force as of January 20, 2024. In comparison with the previous version of the Guidelines, there is…
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/ Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
In recent years, global economic and cultural exchanges have become more and more frequent, and both overseas multinational companies and Chinese trends enterprises have invariably chosen alphabetic trademarks, using in…
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/ Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property
The author recently handled a civil lawsuit in which the plaintiff was a foreign company and the defendant was a Chinese company, and the contract stipulated that the dispute arising thereof should be resolved through judicial…
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/ Intellectual Property, International Law & Trade
In recent years, the forms of trademark infringement have become more and more diverse. The Trademark Law, the Regulations for the Implementation of the Trademark Law and judicial interpretations have clearly stipulated that…
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/ Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property
GPL (General Public License) is one of the widely used licenses for open-source software. GPL requires derivative code based on GPL open-source code to also be distributed under GPL, ensuring open-source availability. This…
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/ Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
Recently, the new Rules for the Implementation of Patent Law (hereinafter referred to as "the Rules") has been approved and promulgated by the State Council, and will come into force on January 20, 2024. There are many…
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/ Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property
