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Activities under the 6th China Patent Week in Shanxi yield success

  • Kangxin Partners PC
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  • China
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  • December 31 2012

Recently, activities under the 6th China Patent Week in Shanxi were waged in Taiyuan, capital of the province. During the period, the city carried out

Domestic invention patent filings soar in the first three quarters

  • Kangxin Partners PC
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  • China
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  • December 31 2012

According to the latest statistics from SIPO, patent filing and grants are still on the fast track in the first three quarters. SIPO received 423,000

ACPAA senior advisor attended 5th Cross-Straits Patent Forum

  • Kangxin Partners PC
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  • China, Taiwan
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  • December 31 2012

Recently, the 5th Cross-Straits Patent Forum, organized by All-China Patent Attorneys Association (ACPAA) and Taiwan Federation of Industries, was held in

653,000 invention applications filed in 2012

  • Kangxin Partners PC
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  • China
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  • March 13 2013

According to the latest SIPO statistics released on January 8, SIPO received a total of 653,000 invention applications, up 24.0. 217,000 inventions

Brand protection in the 21st century - Part 2 protection in China and steps to take after global registration

  • McCarter & English LLP
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  • China
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  • December 14 2010

In Part 1, we considered the various elements that should generally be considered when embarking on a global strategy to protect a trademark or brand

Settlement of legal battles between semiconductor foundries

  • Bird & Bird
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  • China, USA
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  • 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

Patent exhaustion doctrine in China

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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  • China
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  • December 21 2010

Article 69 of the current PRC Patent Law (the "Law") established the "Patent Exhaustion Doctrine," providing: "None of the following shall be deemed an infringement upon a patent right: (1) using, promising to sell, selling or importing any patented product or product directly obtained through a patented process after such product is sold by the patentee or with the permission thereof."

China sets ambitious innovation and patent goals

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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  • China
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  • January 13 2011

China's State Intellectual Property Office recently issued a strategy document outlining its IP goals for the next 10 years

Securing your patent rights in China

  • Foley & Lardner LLP
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  • China
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  • October 21 2010

On August 26, 2010, China's State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) issued its new Regulation on Patent Pledge Registration (Regulation), effective October 1, 2010

Revised patent administrative enforcement rules in the PRC

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • China
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  • January 20 2011

In September 2010, the State Intellectual Property Office of the PRC (SIPO) published its draft amendments to the Patent Administrative Enforcement Rules (Rules) for public consultation