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Highlights of Revised Regulations for Implementing Patent Law of China

On December 11, 2023, the State Council of the People’s Republic of China announced its decision to amend the Implementing Regulations of the Patent Law of the People’s Republic of China (the “2023 Regulations”), marking the...more

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Noteworthy Points in the Rules for the Implementation of China’s Patent Law 2023

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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...more

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Influence of the Determination of Technical Problem Actually Solved on the Determination of Technical Teaching | Case on...

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The technical problem actually solved by an invention should be determined based on distinguishing technical feature of the claims as compared with the most-related prior art and the technical effect can be known by a person...more

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Awarded Highest Amount of Statutory Damages | “Sewing Machine” Invention Patent Infringement

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Judgment Gist - Three types of the allegedly infringing product CSM-9820-00/01/02 and the allegedly infringing product CSM-9820A fully encompass all of the technical features of claims 1, 2, 4, and 6 of the subject patent,...more

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Invention-Creations Related to Work Tasks Made During the Service Period Belong to Service Invention-Creations | Dispute over...

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Judgment Gist - According to the relevant provisions of the Patent Law, an invention-creation made by performing the tasks of the entity concerned or mainly using the material and technical conditions of the entity...more

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How to reduce the risk of pharmaceutical patent application in China?

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As a large pharmaceutical consumer market, China's position in the layout of pharmaceutical patents has been valued. Inventions such as medical use, drug crystalline form and the like, have been paid more attention in the...more

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5 Key Takeaways - How to Effectively Leverage the Chinese Patent System to Further Your Company's Interest in China and Beyond

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Kilpatrick Townsend recently held its semi-annual KTIPS (Kilpatrick Townsend Intellectual Property Seminar) in San Francisco. Firm attorneys led two days of interactive discussions with clients on the latest developments in...more

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On the Examination Criteria for Divisional Applications for Utility Model

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Mostly, the examiners examine whether a divisional application for utility model is accepted or not following the examination criteria consistent with those for the examination of a divisional application for invention. But...more

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Influence of Implementability of Prior Art in Determination of Novelty and Inventiveness

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In patent examination, the examiner will cite a prior art document in order to determine whether or not an invention or utility model is novel and inventive. The applicants challenge the implementability of the cited prior...more

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The request and utilization of the PPH in China’ IP practice

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PPH, literally the Patent Prosecution Highway, is a procedure to facilitate the prosecutions in a national phase. More particularly, if an application has all or part of its claims allowed in one country, more precisely we...more

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Determination of the closest prior art in the inventiveness examination of Chinese invention patents

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In the practice of patent examination in China, to determine whether an invention has prominent substantive features is to determine, to the person skilled in the art, whether the claimed invention is non-obvious as compared...more

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Patent Dual-application Strategy in China

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Dual-application in China specifically refers to the applications filed both for utility model and invention patent based on the same invention-creation on the same day. In China, both the invention and utility model are...more

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China: Criteria for Examining Inventive Step of Crystalline Form Inventions and Suggestions for Patenting Crystalline Forms

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Polymorphism of a pharmaceutical compound refers to its state of existing in different solid forms that is caused by the fact that the molecules of the compound, though being of the same chemical structure, are arranged in...more

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Analysis of Patent Applications for Novel Coronavirus Detection Kits

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The rapid spread of the novel coronavirus (officially known as “SARS-CoV-2” and hereinafter referred to as “NC” for short) led to the COVID-19 pandemic. All countries around the world are fighting against the disease. In this...more

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Timing Considerations For Patent Applications In China

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Strategic patent portfolio management requires a portfolio manager to expedite prosecution for quicker allowance for some patent applications, and to extend the pending time for more flexibility for some other patent...more

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A Quick Dive Into the Upcoming Changes to Chinese Design Patent Law

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On October 17, 2020, the Chinese Legislature passed the Fourth Amendment to the Chinese Patent Law, which will come into effect on June 1, 2021. As discussed in our previous post, the Fourth Amendment included several updates...more

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Hong Kong’s Patents (Amendment) Ordinance 2016 (“the Ordinance” or “PAO”) came into force on 19th December 2019 to further improve...

To ensure that Hong Kong’s system continues to meet present-day circumstances and be in alignment with Government’s vision of developing Hong Kong into a regional innovation and technology hub, Hong Kong Government appointed...more

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