Huadong Medicine continued to appealed after losing the first instance. On the evening of February 26, according to the announcement of Jolly Pharmaceutical that due to the patent dispute involving Bailin, the plaintiff, Hangzhou Zhongmei Huadong Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd had formally appealed to the

According to a joint decision by the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) and the Austrian Patent Office (ÖPA), the China–Austria Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) pilot program will be extended for another five years, from March 1, 2026, to February 28, 2031. The requirements

On January 26, 2026, Tulip Innovation Kft. announced that its patent infringement investigation targeting Chinese battery manufacturer Sunwoda and its client Geely Auto Group, initiated in South Korea, has been formally accepted by the Korea Trade Commission (KTC), showing Tulip patent pools expansi

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