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RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN COURT JUDGMENTS AND RULINGS IN CHINESE COURTS: PRACTICAL APPROACHES

Author: WANG Xiaojing, TAN Hua

Against the backdrop of deepening global economic integration and increasingly frequent cross-border exchanges, whether foreign arbitral awards, as well as eﬀective judgments and rulings of foreign courts, can be recognized and enforced in China has...

INTRODUCTION TO THE GUIDELINES FOR PATENT APPLICATIONS OF PRODUCT DESIGNS INVOLVING GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES

Author: FENG Xiaoyan, Sean Chen

In December 2025, the China National Intellectual Property Administration issued the "Guidelines for Patent Applications of Product Designs Involving Graphical User Interfaces" (hereinafter referred to as the "Guidelines"), which sorts out the releva...

INVENTOR INFORMATION DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS ACROSS MAJOR JURISDICTIONS: IP5 AND WIPO

Author: ZHAI Ran

In the global innovation landscape, transnational patent applications have become a pivotal strategy for enterprises and inventors to protect intellectual property rights. However, there are signiﬁcant diﬀerences among countries and regions regarding...

OVERVIEW OF REVISED PATENT EXAMINATION GUIDELINES (2025): KEY CHANGES AND PRACTICAL GUIDANCE FOR APPLICANTS

Author: JIN Yujie, LI Lin

The China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) announced the decision to amend the Patent Examination Guidelines on November 13, 2025. The revised guidelines will oﬃcially take eﬀect on January 1, 2026. This comprehensive revision co...

TRADEMARK DISPUTE SETTLEMENT: A WIN-WIN STRATEGY IN OPPOSITION AND SUBSEQUENT REVIEW PROCEEDINGS

Author: LI Yu, YUAN Yuan

Settlement between parties in trademark disputes is grounded in the principle of party autonomy. In recent years, compared to the declining acceptance of consent letters in refusal review cases, settlement practice in opposition and subsequent review...