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20 Dec20211. The Examination on Confidentiality System of Patent Applications in China It is preferable for those applicants who intend to file their applications both domestically and abroad to pa...
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06 Dec2021Highlights of the amendments China's Patent Law has just undergone the fourth revision in 2020 to improve the patent protection system and improve the business environment that respects i...
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26 Nov2021About six months ago the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) set a goal to shorten the average examination period of trademark registration applications to less than 4 months a...
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19 Nov2021Although current laws provide general guidance on the conditions for application of punitive damages in trade secret infringement cases, how to properly apply punitive damages is still a difficult pro...
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Introduction In accordance with the logic of three-step method for evaluating inventive step, the closest prior art is the basis of three-step method of determination, only choose the closest prior a...
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28 Oct2021Record of license contract for patent exploitation refers to the administrative act of China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) to record and file the license contract for patent ex...
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11 Oct2021How can a right holder defend their legitimate rights when their trademark that has been used in the Chinese market for many years and has gained high popularity is preemptively applied for registrati...
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22 Sep2021Recently Shanghai Pudong District Court issued typical cases of internet-related unfair competition, including Alipay v Jiangsu Zebra Software Technologies Inc[1], as one of the 50 typical int...
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06 Aug2021In the procedures of trademark opposition and review of disapproval of trademark registration, the involved parties (e.g. the opponent and the opposed party) may reach a settlement, such as a trademar...
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06 Aug2021Abstract The current judicial interpretations have established a system of "rule to dismiss the action first and initiate a separate action" to save judicial resources and improve the effic...
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21 Jul2021Land Rover, despite having had its Chinese Design Patent invalidated due to its own prior disclosure, was successful against a copycat car using unfair competition law, although failing under copyrigh...
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18 Jun2021In the current world, science and technology is the primary productive force and innovation is the primary driving force for development. In order to promote technological innovation, countries around...
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16 Jun2021DSM and the “DYNEEMA” series marks Koninklijke DSM N.V., founded in 1902, is active in nutrition, health and green life on a global scale. DSM provides innovative business solu...
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11 May2021On March 3, 2021, the Supreme People's Court of China (the SPC) issued the Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court on the Application of Punitive Damages to the Trial of Civil Cases of In...
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28 Apr2021In a design patent application, we often encounter that the claimed design comprises two or more parts. In the case of this type of claimed product design, it involves the problem of products in set a...
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03 Apr2021A two‑year pilot between the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) and the European Patent Office (EPO) has started on December 1, 2020, enabling nation...
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19 Mar2021In the process of a trademark registration application, the applicant is likely to encounter the obstacle posed by a "cited trademark". To remove this obstacle, filing a requ...
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19 Feb2021Three years following a successful trademark registration, if a third party files an application for "Three year non-use registration cancellation", the trademark rights hold...
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18 Feb2021Businesses entering a new market may be concerned with many issues, and one of them should be their valid registration and use of trademarks for the goods or services to be offered under that ...
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05 Feb2021The CNIPA has made a decision on amending the Guidelines for Patent Examination, which takes into effect on January 15, 2021. It is made for Chapter 10, Part Ⅱ of the Guideline...