Dr. Jacqueline Lui, President of Eagle IP Group, gave an in-house seminar titled “IP Due Diligence: The Key to Realistic Valuation of Technology in Transactions” at The Chamber of Hong Kong Listed Companies.

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What is the difference between an Invention Patent and a Utility Model Patent?

13 August 2021
There are two types of patent protection in China. Invention patents (similar to a US utility patent) have a term of 20 years from the date of filing and may be granted for both methods and products. Utility model patents (similar to a petty patent) may be granted in China for technical solutions that relate […]

China’s Newest Examination Guidelines: Inventive Step for Biological / Life Science Inventions (Part III)

30 April 2021
This is Part III of a three-part series summarizing the Examination Guidelines that were released by the CNIPA on January 15, 2021, one year to the date of Phase 1 of the US and China Economic and Trade Agreement. That agreement included specific provisions where China "shall permit pharmaceutical patent applicants to rely on supplemental […]

China Releases Draft Implementation Guidelines for the Drug Administration Law

2 June 2022
The latest draft implementation guidelines for China’s Drug Administration Law (“Guidelines”) are out and open for comment. Previously, the new implementation measures for early dispute resolution mechanisms for drug patents (“Patent Linkage Measures”) came into effect on July 4, 2021. The Guidelines indicate that the final approval of generic chemical drug applications for marketing approval […]

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, […]
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