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Supreme Court decisions open up possibilities for amendment of Chinese patents

  • Bird & Bird
  • -
  • China
  • -
  • January 9 2013

In the past, China's State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) and Patent Re-examination Board (PRB) adopted a relatively strict view on the scope of

Well-known trade marks in the PRC

  • Bird & Bird
  • -
  • China
  • -
  • June 27 2011

To stop a third party from using or registering a mark for goods or services which are dissimilar from the goods or services for which a trade mark is already registered, the proprietor of this trade mark must demonstrate that his mark is registered and well-known in the PRC

Subject matter eligibility across US, Europe and China a devil’s triangle for trans-global specifications

  • Bird & Bird
  • -
  • China, European Union, USA
  • -
  • May 31 2011

The United States continues to provide liberal eligibility for business and computer implemented processes, with no strict machine requirement

Pharmaceutical companies should be aware of the possibility that injunctions for patent infringement may be denied following Wuhan Jingyuan v Fujikasui, Huayang

  • Bird & Bird
  • -
  • China
  • -
  • January 31 2011

Foreign pharmaceutical companies enforcing their patent rights in China may have more to worry about following the Chinese Supreme Court Decision in Wuhan Jingyuan v Fujikasui, Huayang, in December 2009

Settlement of legal battles between semiconductor foundries

  • Bird & Bird
  • -
  • China, USA
  • -
  • August 11 2010

SMIC (Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation), the largest chip foundry in China and TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation), the global leader of chip manufacturer reached a settlement of legal actions on 9 November 2009 to resolve all pending court litigations between the parties, including a patent infringement and trade secret lawsuit brought by TSMC in California and SMIC's appeal in Beijing regarding unfair competition

Trade mark use re-defined?

  • Bird & Bird
  • -
  • China
  • -
  • June 21 2010

China is often referred to as the factory for the world

The new Chinese Patent Law

  • Bird & Bird
  • -
  • China
  • -
  • May 13 2009

Sweeping changes to the Chinese Patent Law (CPL) will come into effect on 1 October 2009

Many grounds for invalidation

  • Bird & Bird
  • -
  • China
  • -
  • November 17 2008

In China, while patent infringement suits are usually handled by the People's Intermediate Courts, the determination of the validity or otherwise of a patent is within the exclusive jurisdiction of the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO

Wahaha gets the last laugh for now

  • Bird & Bird
  • -
  • China
  • -
  • October 22 2008

In the latest instalment of the battle between Danone Group and Wahaha Group over the WAHAHA trademark in China, the Hangzhou Intermediate People’s Court has ruled that the WAHAHA trademark belonged to Wahaha

New judicial interpretation on civil disputes issued

  • Bird & Bird
  • -
  • China
  • -
  • June 17 2008

The Supreme People's Court of the People's Republic of China has issued its "Interpretation on Several Issues Concerning the Hearing of Civil Disputes over Registered Trademarks, Enterprise Names and Earlier Civil Rights"

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