A 2025 report from a bipartisan, congressionally chartered commission warns that China is closing in on a win, and the United ...

For pharmaceutical firms, watching the lucrative patents on their top-selling drugs expire has long been part of the business ...

In late October, China’s State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) released a set of guidelines for Chinese patent examiners that revises the last guidelines put in place in 2010. Although SIPO has ...

I started reporting on the tech industry in 2015 and since then I've noticed that patents have always been a key topic of interest for my interviewees, readers and myself. After all, patents speak ...

A new report from IFI CLAIMS Patent Services shows Chinese companies with surging patent issuances in the US, as domestic patent applicants account for less than half of all new issuances in 2021. I ...

Recently, the Chinese Patent Reexamination Board (PRB) published a written decision where patentee Chen He’s Electric Unicycle patent (CN102275621B) was invalidated based, partly, on a failure to ...

“An incident that causes a ‘significant international adverse impact’ would lead to a maximum point deduction from the relevant agency.” The China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) ...

Chinese companies and inventors filed 19,041 patent applications at the European Patent Office (EPO) in 2022, an increase of 15.1 percent compared to 2021. China is now among the top five countries ...

Chinese courts are becoming increasingly experienced in handling patent litigation trials. Qingfen Hao of Dragon IP provides a guide to the process, from filing a suit to getting compensation In an ...

IP owners familiar with patent invalidation procedures in Europe and the US will find many areas of overlap with the rules in China. But there are crucial differences that could affect IP owners' ...