Our Principal, Pauli Wong, was invited to be one of the guest speakers at the “GBA Innovative MedTech Development Luncheon” on Wednesday (15 February) at HKSTP, sharing her insights on the unique IP challenges MedTech and healthcare innovations face in the GBA and China. The event was co-hosted by Society for Innovative Healthcare Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Health Service Executives, GBA Medical Professional Study Tour, Doctors Think Tank Academy and CycloCorp.




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China Divisional Practice

17 June 2019
China allows the filing of divisional applications but under specific circumstances. Most importantly, divisional applications can usually only be filed voluntarily during the prosecution of the original parent application. Once the parent application is granted or withdrawn, no additional voluntary divisional applications may be filed. However, divisionals can be filed to pursue subject matter not […]

Can Post Filing Data Overcome Inventive Step in China?

19 November 2018
Since 2010, the Patent Re-examination Board (PRB) has published the top 10 patent invalidation cases of the year in April of each year. The selection criteria are high social concern, significant impact on the related industry, or involve difficult legal issues and important examination criteria. Below is one of the top 10 cases that discusses […]
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China Joins Two WIPO Treaties, the Hague System and the Marrakesh Treaty

11 February 2022
It has been two challenging years, yet there are many reasons to still have hope. We wish you a blessed Lunar New Year as we welcome the year of the Tiger. We wanted to highlight a few new developments in China. China has joined the Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs, submitting […]

Major and Exciting Changes to China’s Patent Law [Fourth Amendment to China's Patent Law]

20 February 2019
Major changes are on the horizon for China’s Patent Law, which will see an overhaul in many areas as early as this year (2019). On January 4, 2019, the National People’s Congress in China published the latest draft of the Fourth Amendment to China’s Patent Law. Several draft amendments have been released for public comment […]
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