Dr. Jacqueline Lui, Managing Director of Eagle IP Limited, gave a talk on “Patenting natural matters after Mayo and Myriad” at the 6th Annual Intellectual Property Seminar.
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Markush claims in China - what can be arbitrarily deleted during invalidation?
4 December 2018Since 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 […]
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China Joins Two WIPO Treaties, the Hague System and the Marrakesh Treaty
11 February 2022It has been two challenging years, yet there are many reasons to still have hope. We wish you a blessed Lunar New Year as we welcome the year of the Tiger. We wanted to highlight a few new developments in China. China has joined the Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs, submitting […]
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How the Chinese Patent Office Rejected a Plate-Making Method Based on Food Safety Law
19 October 2022Previously we published an article about CNIPA rejecting a patent application claiming a food that could also be used to treat or prevent diseases based on the food’s alleged non-compliance with Food Safety Law. China’s Food Safety Law includes a provision which states any use of a composition as a food must be strictly separated […]
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Updates on Hong Kong Patents Examination Guidelines in 2024
29 February 2024The Intellectual Property Department of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China (HKIPD) has recently made several updates to the Hong Kong Patents Examination Guidelines, effective from 26 January, 2024. These changes mainly clarify and reflect the Registry’s current practices regarding patent examination for Standard Patent (R) […]
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