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SAMR’s Enforcement Report 2023 shows 2.1 billion in fines with 80% in pharmaceutical field
2025-05-08On June 18, State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR), National Anti-Monopoly Authority released the "Annual Report on Chinas Anti-Monopoly Enforcement (2023)". (Hereinafter referred to as "the Report").The report shows that in 2023, 27 cases involving monopoly agreements and abuse of market -
The final judgment of case Geely suing WM Motor’s infringement of technical secrets ends with WM Motor’s compensation of about 640 million yuan
2025-05-08On June 14, 2024, according to official public account of the Intellectual Property Court of the Supreme People’s Court, here came the final ruling on the intellectual property dispute where Geely sued WM Motor’s infringement of trade secrets after many years.The Supreme People’s Court ordered WM Mo -
CNIPA and UAE Ministry of Economy sign a Memorandum of Understanding on Intellectual Property Cooperation
2025-05-08On the afternoon of May 30, Chinese President Xi Jinping and President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan witnessed the signing of a memorandum of understanding on intellectual property cooperation between the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNI -
CNIPA-ARIPO PPH Pilot Program to be launched on June 8, 2024
2025-05-08Following a joint decision by the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) and the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO), the CNIPA-ARIPO Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Pilot Program starts on June 8, 2024, and will run for five years, until June 7, 2029.Af -
New Clarivate report reveals that the U.S., Germany and Mainland China have the most non-practicing entity litigation
2025-05-08A leading global provider of transformative intelligence recently released the 2024 Non-Practicing Entity Global Litigation (NPE) Report to analyze NPE enforcement activities and their patent validity challenges across the globe. The report revealed that the United States, Germany and Mainland China