Based on data recently released by China’s National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA), invention patent grants and utility model patent grants have continued their downward trend with ...

Xuelan Yue of Liu Shen & Associates reviews the history of China’s Patent Law as it pertains to inventions developed in China and confidentiality examinations, and discusses best practices for filing ...

In considering where an invention was ‘completed’ the CNIPA’s invalidation raises issues for any company carrying out R&D in China, says Jennifer Che of Eagle IP. China and the US are similar in that ...

Based on the "role" that AI plays in the invention, AI-related patent applications are classified into 4 categories: AI algorithms or models themselves; functions or field applications based on AI ...

While the Song dynasty saw huge advancements in culture, commerce and technology, it also gave rise to the horrific practice ...

Patent offices around the world have long grappled with the question of what intellectual property rights to grant over computer software. Lin Deng examines China's approach and looks at how ...

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EXCLUSIVE - A bipartisan effort in the Senate is underway to ban China and other hostile countries from manufacturing any American taxpayer-funded technologies. On Tuesday, Sens. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis.

In November 2019, the China National Intellectual Property Agency (CNIPA) issued new patent examination guidelines for applying China's "inventive step" requirement, the patentability standard roughly ...

The country plans to test the Transit Explore Bus, which uses two long legs to straddle the roadways and pass over traffic jams. A single bus could carry 1,400 commuters and travel about 37 mph. As ...