Regulatory Standards, Patents, China

The Practice of Producing Evidence for the Prior Use Right Defense in Patent Infringement Disputes

Linda Liu & Partners on 9/25/2024

As Chinese enterprises’ technological innovation level and their R&D capabilities has grown by leaps and bounds in recent years, it is not uncommon for them to defend based on prior use right in patent infringement disputes....more

Highlights of Revised Regulations for Implementing Patent Law of China

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 3/29/2024

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

China Joins the Hague System on 2/5/2022

Ladas & Parry LLP on 2/9/2022

On February 5, 2022 China became the 94th country to join the Hague System which will go into force on May 5, 2022...more

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

Quarles & Brady LLP on 5/25/2021

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

China issues its fourth draft patent law, after over three years of deliberation

Hogan Lovells on 1/18/2019

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... ...more

China: Are you up-to-date on SPC draft guidelines on patent examination and administrative cases concerning patent rights?

Hogan Lovells on 8/17/2018

China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) recently circulated its Draft “Provisions on Several Issues concerning the Adjudication of Administrative Cases on Granting and Affirming Patent Rights (I)”...more