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【Global News】EPO extends pilot for oral proceedings in opposition by videoconference to 31 May 2022
2025-05-06In light of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, travel restrictions and preventive health measures limiting the parties possibilities to attend oral proceedings on its premises, the EPO has decided to further extend its pilot project for conducting oral proceedings in opposition by videoconference (VI -
【GE CHENG News】"Baidu Barbecue" was sentenced to compensate BIDU 2.3 million for infringement and unfair competition
2025-05-06On December 23, the journalist learned from the Beijing Intellectual Property Court that the court recently concluded an infringement case, in which five companies including Beijing Jingbaidu Catering Management Co., Ltd. were prosecuted by Baidu Online Network Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd. (herein -
【GE CHENG News】"Notice" for PCT applications entering China
2025-05-06There are no substantive procedures of examination and authorization in the international phase of the PCT, then the both said need to be conducted in each country. Therefore, if we want to be authorized for patent in a certain country/region, we must choose to enter that country/region. Have you ch -
【GE CHENG News】Judgment of "no substantive difference" in the defense of the prior art
2025-05-06—(2019) Supreme People’s Court Intellectual Property Civil Final Judgement No. 804AppellantFashion Electrical Appliances MFG. CO., LTD (referred to as Fashion Company),Foshan Yidou Technology Co., Ltd. (referred to as Yidou Company) and appellee ZHEJIANG iSMAL HIGH-TECH ELECTRICS CO.,LTD (referred t -
【Global News】The UK government’s National AI Strategy, launched on 22 September 2021, sets out a 10-year plan to make the UK a global AI superpower
2025-05-06The goals of the strategy include that the UK experiences significant growth in the number of discoveries that happen in the UK, benefits from high economic and productivity growth due to AI and establishes a world-leading system for AI governance. To this end, the strategy covers a series of progra