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China's Top Court updates Judicial Interpretation to Strengthen Digital Age Copyright Protection

China's top court has updated a judicial interpretation to enhance copyright protection and address the evolving needs of the digital age. On Thursday, the Supreme People's Court (SPC) released an amended judicial document focused on the handling of civil

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China Releases Revised Patent Priority Examination Measures

On 30 July 2026, the China National Intellectual Property Adm

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312026-07

AFD China Again Recommended in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2026 Edition for Non-Contentious Intellectual Property

On November 19, 2025, The Legal 500 the globally recognized l

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202025-11

XML Format is required by CNIPA as from October 1, 2025 for Patent Filings

Starting from October 1, 2025, Extensible Markup Language (XM

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Against Allegations of Patent Infringement: A Legal Remedy for Proactive Resolution

The Declaratory Judgment of Non-Infringement In contemporary commercial practice, enterprises frequently often find themselves in a situation where, during the course of ordinary business operations, they receive a cease-and-desist letter or an infringeme

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TRADEMARK

Understanding the 2026 Revisions to China's Trademark Law (Part II): Key Changes to Registration Requirements

On June 26, 2026, Chinas Standing Committee of the National People's Congress passed the newly revised Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China (the 2026 Revision). The new law expands to 87 articles across nine chapters, compared with the current

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CASE

Supreme Procuratorate releases Typical Case: Patent Litigation Abused to Disrupt Competitor's IPO

China's Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) has released five typical cases concerning the punishment of malicious intellectual property litigation, covering utility model patents, design patents, trademark rights, and unfair competition across multiple

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Copyright is a form of intellectual property applicable to any expressible form of an idea...

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Copyright is a form of intellectual property applicable to any expressible form of an idea...

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