There have been a number of cases globally arising out of injunctive reliefs for standard-essential patents (SEPs), where solutions are sought under the Competition Law. The SEP-based injunction has b
According to the data released by the State Intellectual Property Office of China, there were over 1 million applications for invention patents in 2015 in China, setting a new record high in annual fi
The plaintiff Shenzhen Jiangzhe Technology Co., Ltd. is the holder of a design patent called “portable power source”, but the plaintiff finds the defendant Dongguan Huiyan Electronic Co., Ltd. as the
On July 8, 1996, WARNER-LAMBERT COMPANY LLC (LAMBERT) applied for the invention patent titled “crystal[R- (R*, R*)]-2-(4- fluoro-phenyl)-β, δ-dyhydroxy-5-(1-methyl ethyl)- 3-phenyl-4-[(phenylamino) ca
SIPO issued the revised Patent Administrative Law Enforcement Guidance (Guidance) in Febuary 2016, in a bid to set norms on patent administrative law enforcement and strengthen IPR protection, as well
In October 2015, Italy officially joined the unified patent system within EU regions and became the 26th country for enhancement of unified patent cooperation. According to the unified patent laws und
In January 2015, HP announced a series of worldwide legal actions in its ongoing fight to combat the sale of infringing ink cartridges. In China, HP has filed patent litigation actions against Speed I
The Zhongguancun Science Park in Beijing, dubbed China’s Silicon Valley, has reported a boost in patents, research and development funds, and new companies this year, helped in part by national polici
The International Trademark Association (INTA) 138th Annual Meeting was successfully concluded in Orlando, Florida in May 2016. The meeting attracted 10,114 trademark practitioners from 149 countries,
Just a year ago China introduced far-reaching amendments to its Advertising Law, updating the general legal framework and clarifying both advertiser obligations and non-compliance sanctions.
Currently the biological technology develops rapidly and more and more biology- related enterprises choose patents to protect their R&D results. With the global development of knowledge economy, the n
The more breakthroughs in computer technology (such as cloud computing, big data, and intelligent manufacturing) evolve, the more technical innovations are achieved by or combined with innovation of s
Sometimes we are so busy trying to disrupt that we fail to notice that we are disrupting our own disruption efforts… Confusing? If you look at some of the practices involved in technology commercializ
Huang Lu, Director of Intellectual Property Center of Humanwell Healthcare (Group) Co., Ltd. has 11 years experience in the IP industry. He has a profound medical education background and is keeping l
In the Memorial Hall of Marquis Zhuge Liang in Chengdu, Sichuan Province there is a well-known couplet written by Zhao Fan who lived at the end of the Qing Dynasty and in the early Republic of China.
On August 29, 2016, a new opposition system will enter into force in Mexico. According to some critics it is unique. In fact the author of this article agrees to this opinion.
The 4th edition of annual Unitary Patent (UP) & Unified Patent Court (UPC) 2016 conference was held on July 7 in Munich European Patent Office. Under the ongoing progress in preparing the implementati
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