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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 asFashionCompany),Foshan Yidou Technology Co., Ltd. (referred to as Yidou Company) and appellee ZHEJIANG iSMAL HIGH-TECH ELECTRICS CO.,LTD (referred to a -
Notice on items related to the charge for the international phase of PCT applications in RMB standard
2025-05-06In accordance with theMemorandum of Understanding on the Remittance of Fees under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)signed by CNIPA and World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), starting from December 1, 2021, CNIPA will charge for the international phase of PCT applications on behalf of WIP -
Guidelines for Trademark Examination and Trial will take effect on January 1 next year
2025-05-06Recently, CNIPA issued theGuidelines for Trademark Examination and Trial(hereinafter referred to as theGuidelines), which will be take effect on January 1, 2022, and the original "Standards of Trademark Examination and Trial" will be abolished at the same time.TheGuidelinesis divided into two parts: -
Restrictions on the application of patent equivalent infringement ——(2021) Supreme People’s Court Final Civil Judgment No.192
2025-05-06Recently, the Intellectual Property Court of the Supreme People’s Court concluded the case of a dispute over infringement of patent rights for inventions, which included Xuzhou Zhongsen Intelligent Equipment Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Zhongsen Company), Changzhou Great Garden Machinery Co -
WIPO Annual Report: China ranks first in the number of intellectual property applications worldwide
2025-05-06Recently, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) released the annual report ofWorld Intellectual Property Index. The report showed that in 2020, there has been a rebound in the number of global intellectual property applications, which restored growth trend. Hereinto, the CNIPA took the