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According to the data released by the State Intellectual Property Office of China, there were over 1 million applications for invention patents in 2015 in China, setting a new record high in annual fi
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On June 22, 2015, the 6th China-US Innovation Dialogue was held in Washington DC. The dialogue was co-chaired by Wan Gang, Minister of Science and Technology of China & Vice Chairman of the 12th CPPCC
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In January 2015, HP announced a series of worldwide legal actions in its ongoing fight to combat the sale of infringing ink cartridges. In China, HP has filed patent litigation actions against Speed I
In October 2015, Italy officially joined the unified patent system within EU regions and became the 26th country for enhancement of unified patent cooperation. According to the unified patent laws und
SIPO issued the revised Patent Administrative Law Enforcement Guidance (Guidance) in Febuary 2016, in a bid to set norms on patent administrative law enforcement and strengthen IPR protection, as well
The International Trademark Association (INTA) 138th Annual Meeting was successfully concluded in Orlando, Florida in May 2016. The meeting attracted 10,114 trademark practitioners from 149 countries,
Sometimes we are so busy trying to disrupt that we fail to notice that we are disrupting our own disruption efforts… Confusing? If you look at some of the practices involved in technology commercializ
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Huang Lu, Director of Intellectual Property Center of Humanwell Healthcare (Group) Co., Ltd. has 11 years experience in the IP industry. He has a profound medical education background and is keeping l
On August 29, 2016, a new opposition system will enter into force in Mexico. According to some critics it is unique. In fact the author of this article agrees to this opinion.
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The 4th edition of annual Unitary Patent (UP) & Unified Patent Court (UPC) 2016 conference was held on July 7 in Munich European Patent Office. Under the ongoing progress in preparing the implementati