I have received a number of inquiries from friends and readers recently regarding Unified Patents and whether their model of attacking patents would be welcome in China. I do not represent Unified
The State Intellectual Property Office announced the winners of 2013 China Gold Patent Awards on Monday with 20 invention patents and five industrial designs honored. Out of some 800 entries, a
jurisdictions worldwide, only 600 companies are unicorns. As with companies, patent portfolios can also be unicorns. A unicorn patent portfolio is a group of patents, strategically crafted to block competitors
Office (SIPO) released statistics about patents, trademarks, and geographical indications for the first half of 2018 at a press conference on July 10. In the first half of 2018, China received 751,000
World Trade Organisation (WTO). The EU is responding to what it says are Chinese courts deterring European companies from using foreign courts to protect and use their patents, via the implementation
the shape, patterns and colors characterizing the non-physical commodities in the metaverse? Are they protectable by design patents? In this post we will analyze the availability of design patents for
Pharmaceutical manufacturers can sue competitors for market exclusivity for an orphan drug. This was the outcome of a decision by Munich Regional Court in the dispute between Alexion and Amgen over th...
An application procedure for validating Chinese invention patents in Cambodia will be launched, an official said Friday. Chinese invention patents granted by the State Intellectual Property Office
(SIPO), on 2 March 2018, during a press conference, SIPO released some practice details in regard to the validation of China patents in Cambodia. We outline these below: Conditions to validate a China
Introduction On August 29 2017 the Supreme Court issued decisions recognising the inventiveness of two Novartis patents for a compound and a transdermal composition, covering two products used to