Our principal, Ms. Pauli Wong, delivered a talk titled “Bright Ideas, Strong Barriers: A Patenting Masterclass” to members of the Hong Kong Christian. The audience valued the talk and asked thoughtful questions. Pauli was impressed by HKCS’s innovative drive to provide holistic quality services to the society. She enjoyed presenting and was happy to share her insights and experiences with everyone. She looks forward to giving similar talks to other organizations in the future to raise awareness about intellectual property among the HK community.
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China Patent Office (CNIPA) Releases More Details About Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) in the Draft Examination Guidelines
19 October 2021The new 4th Amendment of the Chinese Patent Law came into effect on June 1, 2021. Right before that date, the Chinese Patent Office (“CNIPA”) released some “Interim Measures” to give us a taste of what was to come, though they have yet to released the actual Implementation Rules. Two months later, CNIPA finally released […]
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China Top 50 Case of 2019: How a Functional Feature is Construed Greatly Impacts Protection Scope - Shimano KK v. SENSAH
20 July 2020Every year in the spring The Supreme People’s Court of PRC announces its “Top 10 Intellectual Property (IP) cases” and “50 typical IP cases in Chinese courts” of the year. Although not having precedential weight, these cases serve as a reference and guide people's courts at all levels regarding their intellectual property trials. It’s always […]
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Miss the 12-month Filing Deadline? China Finally Allows Patent Applicants to Restore, Add, or Correct a Priority Claim
15 April 2024Three major 'remedial’ systems taken from the PCT Regulations have been introduced in the third revision of the Implementation Regulations of the Chinese Patent Law in 2023 (hereinafter referred to as the "Implementation Regulations"). We previously discussed one of these remedial systems, Incorporation by Reference based on Rule 45 of the Implementation Regulations, which allows […]
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Major and Exciting Changes to China’s Patent Law [Fourth Amendment to China's Patent Law]
20 February 2019Major 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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