Invited by the Hong Kong Intellectual Property Department (IPD), Dr. Jacqueline Lui, President of Eagle IP Group, gave a talk for the IP Manager Training Program on Management and Exploitation of Patents.
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Announcement: Implementation Regulations (Rules) of the Chinese Patent Law have been Approved
10 November 2023On November 3rd, 2023, the Premier of the State Council, Li Qiang, chaired a regular meeting where the "Implementation Regulations of the Patent Law of the People's Republic of China (Revised Draft)" was reviewed and approved. This is great news, as we have been waiting quite some time for these Regulations (Rules) to be approved (see […]
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4 August 2021Two months after the new Chinese Patent law came into effect, the CNIPA has released a new set of Patent Examination Guidelines (proposed version) for public comments on Aug 3, 2021. Here are the explanation of the amendments (Chinese only). Here is the full set of proposed amendments (Chinese only). Briefly, the new amendment focuses […]
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