Ribonucleic acid interference (RNAi) refers to the biological mechanism wherein messenger RNA degradation is triggered by double-stranded small interfering RNAs (siRNA) with complementary sequences, l...

In one of China’s “Ten Exemplary Anti-monopoly and Unfair Competition Cases of 2023” (a list that was released on 14 September 2023), the Supreme People’s Court has elucidated the correlation betw...

The fourth amendment to China’s Patent Law (Article 42) introduced a patent term extension (PTE) regime in China. The newly revised Implementing Regulations of the Patent Law and the Guidelines for P...

On 21 December 2023 China’s State Council promulgated the long-awaited “Decision on Amending the Implementing Regulations of the Patent Law of the People’s Republic of China”. The amended regulati...

XIE Minnan, first published by MIPPersonalised medicine, which is generally considered analogous to precision medicine, is built on companion diagnostics. A companion diagnostic is a medical device, o...

Article 26.4 of China’s Patent Law prescribes that “claims shall be supported by the specification and shall define the extent of the patent protection sought for in a clear and concise manner”. Th...

On August 10 2023, the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) issued two invalidation decisions, No. 561725 (Decision #1) and No. 562232 (Decision #2), in response to invalidity r...

In April 2023, the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) released the Top Ten Patent Reexamination and Invalidation Cases of 2022. Three of them relate to the pharmaceutical fiel...

In China, design patent infringement litigation often proceeds in parallel with the counter action - an invalidity proceeding instituted by the defendant challenging the validity of the design patent ...

In China, since design patent application does not go through substantive examination, a design filing will proceed to grant, as long as it satisfies the formality request of China National Intellectu...

A design infringement suit demonstrates not only why it is worth patentees moving fast to secure evidence but also that, with the right strategy, it is possible for foreign patentees to protect their ...

Even though the defendant successfully convinces the appellate court that the technical features of the alleged infringing equipment does not fall into the protection scope of the plaintiff’s patent,...