At a turning point: China revises its three major IP laws China's reforms, to the law and to prosecution, plus a summary of the articles in this year's China IP Focus
China's most influential people in IP The diversity of China’s members of the Managing IP Top 50 befits the many different ways that IP is developing. Peter Leung introduces their profiles
Supreme Court gives guidance on embodiments in patents Guoquan Yang and Shuhui Huang of CCPIT explain how a ruling from the Supreme People’s Court over an Eli Lilly patent should determine the specificity of experiments described in patent applications
Reaching a coherent definition of trade mark use Hui Liang of China Patent Agent analyses court decisions that shed light on the definition of trade mark use, and its importance in the context of exports from China
How China's new trade mark law will improve protection China’s amended Trademark Law is expected to be enacted in 2013: Jinchen Song and Jiayan Xie of DEQI Intellectual Property Law Corporation explain how it will improve IP protection
How employee-inventors are protected in China Cedric Lam, Janet Wong and Lilian Shi of Dorsey & Whitney summarise the recent legislative initiatives to reform the legal framework for service inventions in China
The major developments in Chinese IP in 2012 Zhang Xu and Eric Su of HFG provide an overview of the changes in China’s IP laws and practices in the past year, which together signal a concerted effort to strengthen protection
Civil procedure amendments improve patent cases Forest Li of Kangxin Partners runs through the various ways amendments to the Civil Procedure Law in China should affect patent cases, from remote evidence to time limits
Four cases and their lessons for utility models Qing Ge and Sean Chen of Liu Shen & Associates analyse four invalidation cases and what they mean for inventiveness assessments of utility models
The importance of thorough searches in proving inventiveness Xiaoying Wu and Qinghong Xu of Lung Tin provide advice on proving inventiveness in Chinese patent applications
Licensing and transfers: releasing IP potential Weifeng Li and William Wenquan Yang of Panawell & Partners offer advice to IP holders on how to make money from their intellectual property through licensing and transfers
A refined civil procedure law, and patent litigation Dong Wei of P.C. & Associates explains how recent amendments to the Civil Procedure Law are having a positive impact on patent infringement litigation in China
Clarification from Supreme Court on dealing with patent errors Jiancheng Jiang of Peksung Intellectual Property explains the importance of a recent Supreme People’s Court judgment on the way drafting errors in granted patents should be treated
Tips on efficient patent filing in China Weimin Qian of Shanghai Patent & Trademark Law Office advises potential applicants on the most time- and cost-efficient prosecution strategies in China
Comparing the US and China on patent disclosure Chunhui Li of Unitalen Attorneys at Law gives patent applicants an insight into some aspects of the differing disclosure practices in the United States and China
The advantages of administrative actions in China Owen Tse and Anna Mae Koo of Vivien Chan & Co outline the enforcement options an IP owner has in China, focusing on the benefits of administrative actions such as AIC complaints and Customs recordal
Better and quicker copyright enforcement Chao Xu and Charles Feng of Wan Hui Da discuss how the Draft Amendments to the Copyright Law will deal with the increasing number of cases in China
