Our Principal, Ms. Yolanda Wang, was invited by the Hong Kong Productivity Council to be one of the panelists at the Hong Kong Patent Landscape Report Launching Ceremony last Thursday. Yolanda, alongside other distinguished panelists, shared their insights on Hong Kong’s capabilities and the opportunities that arise from emerging trends in innovations and patent protection within the city.
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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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Patent Eligibility for Software in China
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