Dr. Jacqueline Lui, Managing Director of Eagle IP Limited, gave a talk on “Patent Protection & Strategy: What a Startup Company Should Know” at the Pi Centre of The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
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A More Detailed Overview of China’s Patent Term Extension (PTE) System
17 June 2024Although PTE has been in the Chinese Patent Law since the 4th Amendment of the law came into effect June 1, 2021, we didn’t really know the exact details of how it operated until the Implementation Regulations and Examination Guidelines (“Implementation Regulations”) were finally released in December 2023. New Rules 77-84 in the Implementation Regulations […]
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4 February 2025The high-profile disputes surrounding an important CRISPR patent belonging to The Broad Institute, MIT and Harvard (hereinafter “the proprietors”) has attracted a lot of attention in recent years, particularly regarding the validity of priority rights that were challenged worldwide. In Europe, the patent was famously revoked by the European Patent Office (hereinafter “EPO”) due to […]
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AI, Big Data, and Blockchain - CNIPA seeks public comment on draft patent examination guidelines
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