“Speed will be of the essence if China’s patent linkage system is to be useful to U.S. patent holders.” On July 4, 2021, the NMPA and the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) ...

Since 2003, when the Mexican Linkage Regulation was enacted, the Mexican Patent Office, due to a narrow interpretation, has been reluctant to include in the Linkage Gazette patents that cover ...

On October 17 2020, the 22 nd session of the 13 th National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee passed the 4 th Amendment to the Patent Law, which unsurprisingly introduces a pharmaceutical ...

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 ...

[Asia Economy Reporter Donghyun Choi] The Ministry of SMEs and Startups announced that on the 14th, it held the 'Voluntary Promotion Agreement Ceremony for the Delivery Payment Linkage System' at the ...

For non-infringement statements under Type I-III, the NMPA will make an administrative ruling based on a technical examination of a drug. For non-infringement statements under Type IV, the NMPA will ...

[Asia Economy Sejong=Reporter Lee Junhyung] As part of its policy to foster small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the government will pilot the ‘Delivery Price Linkage System’ in the second half ...