Dr. Jacqueline Lui, President of Eagle IP Group, gave a talk titled “Patent Protection for Startups” at the Shenzhen HAX office.
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China’s Newest Examination Guidelines: Post-Filing Supplemental Data for Compounds (Part I)
28 April 2021Post-filing data in China has been a constant issue for many patent practitioners around the world. Examiners seem to require it often, and yet the rules regarding when it is acceptable have seemed much stricter than other jurisdictions worldwide. In fact, we tried to summarize the latest state of the law in an earlier blog […]
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AI is magical but NOT magic! Be specific in your AI patents!
9 January 2025What is the standard of sufficient disclosure for AI-related patents: A case study in China The rapid growth of AI patent applications present significant challenges to existing patent application and examination practices. One of them is satisfying the requirement for sufficient disclosure. The following case was featured in the 2023 CNIPA Compilation of Key Decisions […]
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12 April 2023At the end of October 2022, the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) released a new draft amendment of the Patent Examination Guidelines1 (hereinafter referred to as the “New Draft”) to the new Chinese Patent Law that came into effect in 2021. We highlight two key amendments below. 1. The starting date for calculating PTA […]
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11 April 2022Let’s start with a riddle: can you name a person who has read every book, every journal, conducted every known experiment, and is knowledgeable about every single patent prosecution / litigation in the world? The answer? A “skilled person in the art.” This person is also known as a “person having ordinary skill in the […]
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