Linda Liu & Partners

The first month of the year is the time to summarize the work we did in the past year. We prepare this episode for the fans of statistics.

Today I would like to share with you the statistics of Chinese IP firms and agencies. According to CNIPA, by the end of 2019, there were 66,000 agencies providing intellectual property services in China.

To invalidate patent is a common attack method in the "patent war", especially when patentee uses the patent to litigate or demand high licensing fee. I divide the patent invalidation proceedings into three stages: preparation stage, oral hearing stage, and invalidation decision stage.

The new Chinese patent law will come into effect on June 1, 2021. This amendment involves many aspects, such as introduction of partial design, service invention, distribution of patent monetization, abuse of patent rights, patent term extension, voluntary licensing of patent rights, administrative enforcement, increase in statutory compensation, and patent linkage system.

Dual-application in China specifically refers to the applications filed both for utility model and invention patent based on the same invention-creation on the same day. In China, both the invention and utility model are considered as patent. The advantage of Dual-application is that the examination period for utility model in China is short and the patent right can be obtained early.

Par II Application process for new plant variety -Linda Liu & Partners

Part I: Entry procedures of propagating material

What kind of drawings do I need to prepare if I want to apply a design patent in China？

Copyright Protection on Works of Applied Art In recent years, we received many inquiries from clients regarding whether the design of industrial products which are well-designed could be protected as works of applied art based on the Chinese Copyright Law.

Discussion about methods of diagnosis or treatment in Chinese Practice Welcome to Linda Liu & Partners on air！ My name’s Eric Geng and I’m a patent attorney from the department of electronics in Linda Liu & Partners. It’s my great honour to post this talk about the methods of diagnosis and treatment in Chinese practice, and hope you’ll find it useful.

Time of Making a Deposit When File a Chinese Application Welcome to Linda Liu & Partners on air！ The topic for today is the guidelines for setting up a proper time to make a microbial deposit when an applicant decides to apply in China, especially the applicant from the United States. Because of the differences of the regulations between the USPTO and CNIPA, the applicant may face problems, somet...

What do you need to prepare before filing patent application in China? Recently, a few friends asked, what do they need to prepare to apply for a patent in China? I think this is a common question, so I have summarized it as follows:

Brief infringement analysis on prior trademark used as trade name without authorization Welcome to Linda Liu & Partners on the air！ The topic for today is a brief infringement analysis on prior trademark used as trade name without authorization. In China, the conflict between trademark right and trade name right happens occasionally due to a number of factors, such as different rights are confirm...

Divisional Application Practice in China Hello everyone, welcome to Linda Liu & Partners on air! This is Wendy Zhang, a patent attorney in the electrical field. Today, I’d like to share the divisional application practice in China. In China, divisional applications can be filed based on an original application if the original application contains more than one technical solution in the whole discl...

Welcome to Linda Liu & Partners on air！ My name is Felix Song, a mechanical patent attorney of Linda Liu & Partners. I have been working in Linda Liu & Partners for more than 2 years. Before I came to Linda Liu & Partners, I worked in Chinese Patent Office as patent examiner for almost 8 years. I specialize in mechanical engineering and civil engineering. My topic today is reexamination procedure...

Welcome to Linda Liu & Partners on air. My name is Chris Wong, I’m a patent attorney in electronics. I have been working here for more than 10 years. It is generally known that the new version of Guidelines for Patent Examination has entered into force on November 1, 2019 in China, of which a highlight is the introduction of the deferred examination system. The introduction gives an applicant the...

my topic is about the supplementary experimental data, which is very closely related to the chemistry, pharmaceutical, biochemistry and material technical fields. Frankly speaking, this is a quite hot topic in recent years in China. It has attracted much attention from our clients around the world.

According to the Chinese Patent Law, the prior art means any technology known to the public before the filing date of a patent application in China or abroad. However, there is a type of special patent application filed prior to the filing date of a patent application being examined, which is not prior art (according to the definition of the prior art), and which cannot be used to examine the inve...

Welcome to Linda Liu & Partners on the air. This is Nancy Song. Complying with the patent "foreign filing license" requirement in a cross-border setting: the perspective of China-US For companies that are operating internationally, it is not uncommon to have R&D facilities in a number of countries, where engineers cooperate with each other across the border to innovate. Meanwhile, many jurisdictio...

Welcome to Linda Liu & Partners on air! I’m Jason LIU from the Department of Chemistry. Today my topic is about “Exceptions to patentability in the life science field in China”.

The topic of today is the utility model system in China. The utility model is a preferred way for applicants to protect their technical solutions in China.