Supreme Court Issued Judicial Interpretation to Strengthen Patent Protection

On December 28, 2009, the Supreme Court of the People's Republic of China issued the Judicial Interpretation of The Supreme People抯 Court on Application of Law in Adjudicating Patent Infringement Cases with a total of 20 articles.

The judicial interpretation covered major issues occurred in current patent infringement trials which are applicable as guidelines to interpret the definition of the protection on patent right of invention, the utility models and judging rules on infringement, judging rules on industrial design patent infringement, the counterplea on current technology, the application of the right of prior use deraignment, and the acceptance of the lawsuit of the identification of non-infringement.

http://www.chinaipr.gov.cn/Frontier/598089.shtml

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