Newsletter on China IP Law and Practice (Quarter 1, 2025)
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1. On January 6, 2025, the Supreme Court released “Opinions on providing high-quality judicial services to safeguard scientific and technological innovation”.<< Article 16 of the Opinions regulates “ ...
Several Changes of China Patent Law Effective on June 1, 2021
Several Changes of China Patent Law Effective on June 1, 2021
(Prepared by Jeekai & Partners)
Applicant Friendly - Design Patent:
Partial design is patentable. For applying for a partial design patent, it is required to sub ...
China's Valid Invention Patents Allowed to Take Effect in Cambodia
In September 2017, SIPO Commissioner Shen Changyu and Cambodian Minister of Industry and Handicrafts Cham Prasidh signed a memorandum of understanding on intellectual property cooperation, which confirmed that China's valid invent ...
Jeekai & Partners Won the Title of “Beijing Good Patent Firm” Again!
The Beijing Patent Attorneys Association published the results of 2017-2018 Beijing Good Patent Firms on the official website on February 27, 2019. Jeekai & Partnerswas elected as one of 2017-2018 Beijing Good Patent Firms, wh ...
Jeekai & Partners Won First Instance in an Administrative Litigation A ...
On January 28, 2019, Beijing IP Court made a jugement on an administrative litigation represented by Jeekai & Partners on behalf of the patentee. The judgment upholds the Decision of Invalidation made by the Patent Reexaminati ...
The SIPO has changed its English name to CNIPA (China National Intellectual Property Association) since August 28, 2018, and the new domain name www.cnipa.gov.cn has been officially launched from August 30, 2018. This change refle ...
The Revised Anti-Unfair Competition Law of the People's Republic of Ch ...
The Revised Anti-Unfair Competition Law of the People's Republic of China was adopted on November 4, 2017, and shall come into force on January 1, 2018.
In contrast to the old Anti-Unfair Competition Law of the People's Repub ...
On September 21, 2017, the State Intellectual Property Office of China (SIPO) and Ministry of Industry and Handicrafts of the Kingdom of Cambodia (MIH) jointly signed the Memorandum of Understanding on Intellectual Property Coop ...
Congratulation on the establishment of the Jeekai's Shanghai Office in ...
Jeekai & Partners established its Shanghai Office in Pudong New District in 2016. The head of the office is Huizhong Lu, Doctor of Science of Economic Law, who joined Jeekai & Partners in 2004. Doctor Lu is a senior patent ...
SIPO's New Revision to Guideline for Patent Examination Comes into Eff ...
The Chinese Guideline for Patent Examination was revised recently by SIPO and the new Guideline will come into effect on April 1, 2017.The new revision brings important changes, especially to the examination of software relate ...