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Liu, Shen & Associates | China, European Union | 28 Apr 2020
The Chinese National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) published a final version of the revision to Chapter 9, Part II of the Guidelines…
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Liu, Shen & Associates | China | 14 Apr 2020
How much disclosure is appropriate for the background section of a patent application? This question is difficult to answer, especially when it…
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Liu, Shen & Associates | China | 11 Mar 2020
In China, the number of standard-essential patent (SEPs) lawsuits in the telecommunications field has been explosively increasing for the past two…
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Liu, Shen & Associates | China, European Union | 5 Mar 2020
Technologies related to the Internet of Things (IoT) are developing rapidly, and these Technologies dramatically facilitate human life, manufacturing…
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Liu, Shen & Associates | China | 15 May 2019
When inventiveness of the claimed invention is rejected during patent prosecution, it is a commonly-used method to prove technical effects by…
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Liu, Shen & Associates | China | 7 Jan 2019
Mysteries of the newly established Intellectual Property Tribunal of the Supreme Court are unveiled at the end of year 2018. A Judicial Interpretation…
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Liu, Shen & Associates | China | 14 Nov 2018
A hot issue regarding an important change on appeal mechanism for IP cases has sparkled the IP circle in China. This change has been confirmed by the…
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Liu, Shen & Associates | China | 12 Nov 2018
New “Administrative Measures for Prioritized Patent Examination” (herein after the “Measures”) were issued on August 1, 2017 by CNIPA, to replace the…
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Liu, Shen & Associates | China, USA | 30 Oct 2018
Disputes over the licensing of Standard Essential Patent (“SEP”) have attracted many attentions in the world. When SEP cases appear, they become hot…