Dr. Jacqueline Lui, Managing Director of Eagle IP Limited, gave a talk on “Introduction to Patent Protection” at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
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Obviousness: can features from different categories of products be combined to invalidate a design patent?
18 September 2025Introduction “I have a tank, I have a gun—boom! Tank gun?” Each year the CNIPA releases a list of Top Ten Patent Re-examination and Invalidation Cases. These cases are meant to be guiding cases, showcasing exemplary real-world decisions that clarify certain aspects of the law. Over the next several months we will be highlighting many […]
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China Provides Specific Directions to Strengthen Patent / Technology Protection from 2020 to 2021
23 April 2020China continues to progress towards its major goal of significantly strengthening IP protection within its borders. Last year it announced several proposed amendments to its patent laws. In January 2020 China and the US signed the Economic and Trade Agreement between the Government of China and US (published 16 January 2020 –“Trade Agreement”), which detailed […]
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