On July 16, 2024, China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) announced the first case of behavioral preservation (preliminary injunction) in a patent infringement case since the “Decision of the Supreme People’s Court on Amending the Provisions of the Supreme People’s Court on Several Issues Concerning the Intellectual Property Court” came into effect on November 1, 2023. On June 3, 2024, an unnamed Suzhou company applied to a local intermediate court for pre-litigation preservation, requesting an order that a Beijing company (believed …
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China’s National Intellectual Property Administration Releases More Details on Open Licensing
On July 12, 2024, China’s National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) released the “Notice of the CNIPA on comprehensively promoting the implementation of the patent open licensing system” (国家知识产权局关于全面推进专利开放许可制度实施工作的通知). Patent open licensing was established in the fourth revision of the Patent Law and implemented in the Implementing Regulations effective January 20, 2024. A potential licensee can license a patent under equal terms if listed for open licensing. In exchange, a licensor can pay reduced annuity fees. As of the time of …
WIPO: China is at the Forefront of Global Patenting Activity in Generative AI
In a patent landscape report released July 3, 2024, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) stated that “China is at the forefront of global patenting activity in GenAI. China was responsible for more than 38,000 patent family publications between 2014 and 2023, based on the inventor addresses published on patents. Since 2017, China has published more patent families in this field every year than all other countries combined.” The U.S. is second with around 6,300 patent families between 2014 and …
China Extends Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Programs with Egypt and Iceland
On June 28, 2024, China’s National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) announced it reached an agreement with the Icelandic Intellectual Property Office and the Egyptian Patent Office on the extension of the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) pilot projects. Both PPH pilot projects will be extended for another five years from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2029.