Dr. Jacqueline Lui, President of Eagle IP Group, gave a talk titled “Patent War : A Case Study on the Viagra China Patent” at the HKBMIA Happy Hour event.
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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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Beijing Supreme People’s Court Upholds Novo Nordisk Semaglutide Patent in China based on Post-Filing Data
23 January 2026On December 31, 2025, The Supreme People's Court upheld the Beijing IP Court's decision, meaning that the semaglutide patent remains valid and will expire on March 20, 2026. Novo Nordisk announced this positive news via a press release on the day the case was decided. The Chinese Ministry of Commerce has also confirmed this decision […]
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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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China Releases Draft Implementation Guidelines for the Drug Administration Law
2 June 2022The latest draft implementation guidelines for China’s Drug Administration Law (“Guidelines”) are out and open for comment. Previously, the new implementation measures for early dispute resolution mechanisms for drug patents (“Patent Linkage Measures”) came into effect on July 4, 2021. The Guidelines indicate that the final approval of generic chemical drug applications for marketing approval […]
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