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China Releases Draft Examination Guidelines for the new Patent Law

4 December 2020
The Chinese Patent Office (CNIPA) is moving forward at breakneck speeds aiming to get all the necessary pieces in place for the June 1, 2021 date when the new 4th Amendment of the Patent Law will come into effect. Most recently, this means a flurry of drafts coming out from CNIPA, including, but not limited […]

Inventive Step for an Enantiomer over a Racemate: “L-ornidazole” Patent Invalidation Case

27 November 2023
Each year, China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) issues its annual “Judgment Digests”, which includes a list of “48 typical cases” highlighting representative SPC decisions in the previous year. The Judgment Digests help us understand more about the SPC’s judicial ideology, trial concepts, and adjudication methods in dealing with difficult and sophisticated legal issues as well […]

Markush claims in China - what can be arbitrarily deleted during invalidation?

4 December 2018
Since 2010, the China Patent Re-examination Board (PRB) has published the top 10 patent invalidation cases of the year in April of each year. The selection criteria are high social concern, significant impact on the related industry, or involve difficult legal issues and important examination criteria. Below is one of the top 10 cases that […]

China Finally Clamps Down on Facial Recognition Technology

24 August 2021
Snippets of Court Cases, Provisions, and Key Observations about China’s IP Landscape Around the end of July 2021, the Supreme People’s Court issued a new Provision concerning the application of law about a super-hot technology, facial recognition. This Provision is a legal explanation from the SPC explaining how the law should be applied or interpreted […]
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