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CNIPA has recently significantly changed its approach to accepting non-use cancellation applications for registered trademarks, by requiring more comprehensive preliminary evidence. This means that applicants in such...more
On August 6, 2024, the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) announced the fee standards for patent term adjustment (PTA) requests. Before this announcement, all submitted requests for PTA were pending...more
As outlined in our previous post, partial design claiming in China continues to be a moving target, as variations in the interpretation of partial design claims persist among Chinese examiners. As of this writing, the Chinese...more
On December 11, 2023, the State Council of the People’s Republic of China announced its decision to amend the Implementing Regulations of the Patent Law of the People’s Republic of China (the “2023 Regulations”), marking the...more
Kilpatrick partners Crystal Genteman and Wendy Cheng recently presented “Big Little Fires Everywhere: Cross-Jurisdictional Nonuse Actions to Clear Deadwood” at the firm’s annual 2024 Advanced Trademark Law Seminar in New...more
As outlined in our previous post, securing a partial design claim in China is akin to hitting a moving target, as the interpretation of partial design claims in China has varied among cases and examiners. Since the rule...more
As China’s importance for brand owners continues to grow, so too does the sophistication of China’s IP application processes. Earlier this year, the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) released a...more
As outlined in our previous post, on June 1, 2021 the Fourth Amendment to the Chinese Patent Law came into effect, allowing partial claiming in design patent applications. Until this past May, examination of most Chinese...more
Kilpatrick Townsend recently held its semi-annual KTIPS (Kilpatrick Townsend Intellectual Property Seminar) in California. Firm attorneys led two days of interactive discussions with clients on the latest developments in...more
As we previously reported, in January of this year, the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) published its Draft 5th Amendment to the Chinese Trademark Law. See here. One of the proposed amendments no...more
Thank you for reading the August 2023 issue of Sterne Kessler's MarkIt to Market® newsletter. This month, we conclude our series that explores ways to lose trademark rights with an examination of naked licensing, discuss a...more
The China National IP Administration (“CNIPA”) recently issued the "Specifications for Suspension of Trademark Review Cases" (“《评审案件中止情形规范》”, "Specifications"), in which it provides a set of rules for the suspension of...more
In January of this year, the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) published its draft 5th Amendment to the Chinese Trademark Law (a translated version is posted...) The proposed amendments would...more
Thank you for reading the April 2023 issue of Sterne Kessler's MarkIt to Market® newsletter. This month, we discuss practice tips for the two new petition processes instituted by the Trademark Modernization Act and highlight...more
The China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) circulated a draft amendment to the PRC Trademark Law (TML Draft Amendment) for public comment on January 13, 2023. The TML Draft Amendment is the product of...more
As part of a new Asia-Pacific (APAC) Life Sciences and Health Care webinar program designed both for companies with commercial interests in APAC and for companies based in the region, Hogan Lovells is hosting a special...more
On 13 January 2023, the China National Intellectual Property Administration (“CNIPA”) published draft amendments to the PRC Trademark Law for public comment. This Draft marks the fifth time that the PRC Trademark Law is up...more
Comprising tiers of specialized intellectual property (IP) courts within its court system, China bifurcated judicial and administrative proceedings for those seeking to protect and enforce against a patent infringement. The...more
In a recent development, China’s National Intellectual Property Administration (“CNIPA”) appears to have become increasingly strict in assessing whether trademark applications fall foul of the absolute grounds for trademark...more
The China National Intellectual Property Administration, a newly established administrative authority on patent infringement disputes, recently issued its first decisions, addressing questions many companies had on the...more
Article 76 of the Fourth Amendment1 to the Chinese Patent Law links regulatory approval of a generic drug and patent protection of the brand-name drug. It establishes a legal framework for resolving drug patent disputes...more
On January 1, 2022, the China National Intellectual Property Administration’s (CNIPA) newly-issued Standards for Judging General Trademark Violations (Standards) took effect. The Standards implement concrete guidelines...more
Patent Prosecution Highway or PPH is a set of initiatives promulgated by participating patent offices around the world to accelerate patent prosecution in countries of the participating patent offices. PPH allows the...more
China has recently unveiled its own version of a patent linkage system that has been highly watched by stakeholders and industry observers. This new system will also create a new form of pharmaceutical patent litigation in...more
Starting in July of this year, China initiated a patent registration platform that bears some similarity to the generic drug framework under the Hatch-Waxman Act in the U.S. The purpose of this alert is to describe this new...more