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How to Judge the “Sufficiency of Disclosure in Specification” Issue? - The Latest Criterion from the Supreme Court

Author: Xi Chen , Xing Chen

I. Introduction Recently, the Supreme Court of China made the latest judgment of the validity of Xiao-i Chat Robot patent. This case has received widespread attention over its life cycle of the eight years, not only because the other party is A...

Evidence Rules Concerning IP Civil Litigation: Open for Public Comments

Author: WANG Ran, YAO Guanyang

Recently, the Supreme People’s Court issued a draft open for public comment on the Rules on the Application of Evidence in Civil Litigation Cases on IP Rights. The Evidentiary Rules are at the stage of seeking opinions from the IP circle and th...

What impact do TIER amendments have on technology transfer contracts

Author: YUE Xuelan

1. Background In March 2019, the State Council of China announced the amendments to a number of administrative regulations, including the Regulation on the Administration of Import and Export of Technologies (hereinafter referred to as TIER). ...

Interpretation of Revision to Chapter 9 of the Guidelines for Patent Examination in China

Author: CHEN Jinlin

The Chinese National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) published a final version of the revision to Chapter 9, Part II of the Guidelines for Patent Examination on December 31, 2019, which will come into effect on February 1, 2020. The revi...

Standard Essential Patents Royalty Calculation in Telecommunication Industry

Author: ZHANG Jing, ZHANG Xiang

In China, the number of standard-essential patent (SEPs) lawsuits in the telecommunications field has been explosively increasing for the past two years, which fundamentally belong to royalty disputes. Accordingly, to resolve the disputes, it would b...