the meaning of “plant variety” should be cleared in order to include new varieties of plants under the subject matter of non-“plant variety” in the scope of patent protection.
endeavors should be made so as to achieve effective protection and an all-around balance of rights, and to reasonably distribute duties and obligations.
Since it began enabling netizens to freely share files, Baidu has been frequently confronted with accusations and complaints from copyright owners and business rivals.
As China adopts the first-to-file principle in trademark registration, special rules need to be put in place to regulate circumstances where trademark applications are filed on the same day.
The severity of the scandals shocked everyone within and beyond China.If the patent approvers work properly to screen off unhealthy food products from patent, they can avoid the bad consequences.
The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously upheld that a defendant seeking to overcome the presumption of validity of an issued US patent has to prove its invalidity by clear and convincing evidence.
In an unprecedented move, on June 30, 2011, a group of global companies including Apple and Microsoft paid $4.5 billion for the entire patent portfolio of the bankrupted Nortel Networks.
