The Supreme Court has concluded a trade secret infringement case involving Appellant Chongqing A Company, Respondents X, Y, and Z (natural persons), Changzhou B Company, and Chongqing C Company, with Third Party T (a natural person) participating in the f

The Supreme People's Court, in second-instance judgments on two administrative disputes over the invalidation of two invention patents involving priority rights, clarified the rules for determining partial priority in invention patents. Company A is the p

If the core improvement of a technical solution over the prior art lies in the shape, structure or a combination thereof, it is a patentable subject matter for utility model patent. However, if the core improvement lies in the improvement of the material

In patent infringement cases, where the evidentiary embodiment of the alleged infringing product submitted by the patent holder lacks certain components that presented in the product images publicly exhibited by the alleged infringer, the People's Court m

The Supreme People's Court issued a final judgment in a utility model patent infringement dispute. The case emphasizes that, for related cases involving the same allegedly infringing product, the same patent, and the same non-infringement defense, the det

A patent corresponding to the generic drugs that have been marketed in China and registered on the Patent Information Registration Platform for Marketed Drugs constitutes the related patent referred to in Article 76, Paragraph 1 of the Patent Law. If a pa

In an appeal case concerning a utility model patent infringement dispute, the Supreme Peoples Court clarified that for patents with questionable stability, courts may adopt interest-balancing measures, such as appropriately extending the enforcement perio

The Supreme Peoples Court concluded a dispute over infringement of an invention patent, dismissed all litigation claims of the patentee, and issued a penalty decision against the patentee for intentionally making false statements and obstructing the court

In drug patent linkage litigation cases, if the parties are in dispute over whether the technical solution of the originator drug falls within the protection scope of the relevant patent claims, the Peoples Court shall examine the issue. If the court dete

In drug patent linkage dispute cases, when the parties concerned have a disagreement over whether the patent in question falls within the types of patents that can be registered, the peoples court shall examine the issue. The lawsuit filed by a party purs