The State Intellectual Property Office has proposed to modify the China Patent Law and issued a draft soliciting public comment on April 1, 2015. The deadline for submitting comments is April 30, 2015 and by that time, the SIPO will submit the draft to the National Congress Standing Committee to …
IP development
China is considering to establish higher level of IP Courts and other IP trial reform
With the establishment of IP courts in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, China have made much progress to improve the IPR legal system. In a recent report on patent enforcement to the National People's Congress, the Supreme People's Court is considering to set up IP courts at the national level and …
PRC Supreme People's Court revised judiciary interpretation for applying Patent Law
The Supreme People's Court has released the Decision on Revising the Several Provisions of the Supreme People's Court on Issues concerning the Application of Law in the Trial of Patent Dispute Cases (the "Decision"), with effect as of February 1, 2015. The original Several Provisions of the Supreme …
