With patent infringement litigation on the up across China, Shenjun Chen of Shanghai Patent & Trademark Law Office LLC offers a strategic guide for the defence
After years of discussion, China is joining its peers in protecting graphical user interfaces. Zhichao Duan and Yan Wu of Liu Shen describe this and other recent developments in Chinese design patent protection
Gang Hu, Fang Wang and Jing Qui of CCPIT Patent and Trademark Office outline the main changes introduced by the transformative Trademark Law, which aims to modernise China’s IP landscape
Nannan Lin and Qi Wang of Deqi Intellectual Property Law Corporation explain the most recent provisions for confidentiality examinations of Chinese inventions and utility models
Cedric Lam, Lilian Shi and Sherry Zeng of Dorsey & Whitney provide an overview of the legal framework for protecting the name rights of foreign celebrities in China, and summarise the leading court cases