Dr. Jacqueline Lui, Managing Director of Eagle IP Ltd., gave a speech titled “Being a Defendant in China” at the Intellectual Property Law in China 2013 conference in Central London, UK.

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2020 China Top 10 IP Cases: Winners’ Sun is truly a Winner: A Simple Selfie-Stick Utility Model Patent Crushes Infringers in China

2 August 2021
Each year The Intellectual Property Tribunal of the Supreme People’s Court releases a list of top 10 technical intellectual property rights court case decisions. The 2020 list came out a few months ago, and we have been highlighting some of these cases. Today, we will cover a utility model patent infringement case. As one of […]

Announcement: Implementation Regulations (Rules) of the Chinese Patent Law have been Approved

10 November 2023
On 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 […]

China Top 10 Cases of 2020 – CNIPA Upholds Second Medical Use Patent from University of Bordeaux

24 May 2021
The development of China’s approach to patents, especially those in the pharmaceutical and biotech space, has been fascinating to watch. Those of us who have practiced in the area for a long time have been frustrated by the Chinese patent office’s overly strict rules regarding patentability (e.g., high data support standard and refusal to consider […]

Thin Disclosure but "Bulletproof" Protection: How a Salt Form Patent was Upheld in China Despite Minimal Data

8 January 2026
In China, innovative drug companies typically rely on their initial composition of matter patents to block out competitors. Other “follow-on” IP, such as those directed towards formulations, polymorphs, and salt forms, are often regarded as less likely to survive invalidation challenges, especially in China where the standard of “person skilled in the art” is so […]
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