Dr. Jacqueline Lui, Managing Director of Eagle IP Limited, gave a talk on patent strategies at the Vitafoods Asia during the Asia World Expo in Hong Kong in September 2014.
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CHINA: New Patent Examination Guidelines Now Available for Public Comment
4 August 2021Two months after the new Chinese Patent law came into effect, the CNIPA has released a new set of Patent Examination Guidelines (proposed version) for public comments on Aug 3, 2021. Here are the explanation of the amendments (Chinese only). Here is the full set of proposed amendments (Chinese only). Briefly, the new amendment focuses […]
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Polymorph Patents in China: What is the Standard for Inventiveness for New Crystal Forms?
14 July 2020This case is focused on polymorphs, namely what are the standards for novelty and inventiveness when it comes to new crystal forms of a known drug? A recent Supreme People’s Court decision in China is illustrative of the way Chinese courts are thinking about polymorph patents in China. Grünenthal is a German pharmaceutical company and […]
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A More Detailed Overview of China’s Patent Term Extension (PTE) System
17 June 2024Although PTE has been in the Chinese Patent Law since the 4th Amendment of the law came into effect June 1, 2021, we didn’t really know the exact details of how it operated until the Implementation Regulations and Examination Guidelines (“Implementation Regulations”) were finally released in December 2023. New Rules 77-84 in the Implementation Regulations […]
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What Kind of Damage Awards Can You Get in China?
16 June 2022Is it worth filing for a patent in China? What kind of damage awards can you get? Pharma companies care more about injunction than damage awards, since it’s quite unlikely that any damage award can compensate for the large amounts of money that may be lost for patent infringement. Chinese courts often issue injunctions in […]
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