Dr. Jacqueline Lui, President of Eagle IP Group, gave a talk titled “Are Patents Enforceable in China?” at The 9th IP Seminar.

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AI, Big Data, and Blockchain - CNIPA seeks public comment on draft patent examination guidelines

21 November 2019
Exciting new changes continue to happen with the Chinese Patent Office (CNIPA). On November 12, 2019, the CNIPA published a new set of amendments to Part II Chapter 9 of the Patent Examination Guidelines (“Draft”) and requested public comment by December 11, 2019. In summary, the new guidelines clarify how emerging technologies involving artificial intelligence, […]

Burden Shift: CNIPA Requires Applicant to “Prove” that Post-Filing Data is not Fake Data

1 April 2025
“Good Faith” is a challenging concept that brings with it the nuances of a particular jurisdiction’s ideas about honesty, moral values, and societal expectations. Most patent laws around the world include good faith requirements – especially in matters involving the legal and the medical profession – and China is no exception. So what’s the standard? […]

Updates on Hong Kong Patents Examination Guidelines in 2024

29 February 2024
The Intellectual Property Department of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China (HKIPD) has recently made several updates to the Hong Kong Patents Examination Guidelines, effective from 26 January, 2024. These changes mainly clarify and reflect the Registry’s current practices regarding patent examination for Standard Patent (R) […]

SPC Upholds $2M RMB Award in China’s First Patent Case on a Biological Deposit

4 July 2022
On 28 Feb 2022, China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) issued its annual “Judgment Digests”, which includes a list of “48 typical cases” highlighting representative SPC decisions in 2021. The Judgment Digests help us understand more about the SPC’s judicial ideology, trial concepts, and adjudication methods in dealing with difficult and sophisticated legal issues as well […]
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