Dr. Jacqueline Lui, President of Eagle IP Group, chaired a panel discussion titled “Intellectual Property Protection In Life Science” at the Hong Kong Biotech Horizon 2017: Global Congress on Biotechnology: Diagnostics and Therapeutics.

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A More Detailed Overview of China’s Patent Term Extension (PTE) System

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Although PTE has been in the Chinese Patent Law since the 4th Amendment of the law came into effect June 1, 2021, we didn’t really know the exact details of how it operated until the Implementation Regulations and Examination Guidelines (“Implementation Regulations”) were finally released in December 2023. New Rules 77-84 in the Implementation Regulations […]

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The Secret Prior Art Trap: A Case Study on Conflicting Applications in China

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