China's national intellectual property administration (CNIPA) has released ten typical cases from 2025 involving patent reexamination and invalidation. These cases were selected because they are highly relevant, widely discussed, and provide useful guidan

On April 21, 2026, the Beijing Intellectual Property Court published its annual case list for 2025. The release includes ten main cases (available in both Chinese and English) and nine nominated cases. These cases were chosen from nearly 29,000 decisions

In an administrative appeal case, the Supreme People's Court (SPC) clarified that in the field of microbe genetic engineering, when a patent involves an engineered strain obtained through gene overexpression, the description may be considered sufficiently

In an administrative appeal case, the Supreme People's Court (SPC) held that when assessing inventiveness, where a given certain technology was still in its early stages of development before the filing date, a person skilled in the art at that time would

Recently, the Supreme People's Court (SPC) issued a final judgment in a series of disputes over patent ownership, upholding the first instance decision. The SPC made it clear that, where a senior corporate executive obtains a patent for themselves or for

The Supreme Peoples Court held, in an infringement case, that where an alleged infringer sells component parts separately, and those parts can, through simple combination by others, for a product that falls within the scope of protection of the patent at

The Supreme Peoples Court concluded an appeal of disputes over the ownership of a patent application and specified that where the patent application or patent for which ownership confirmation is sought is not based on genuine invention and creation activi

The Supreme Peoples Court pointed out in an administrative appeal that, for product claims containing a subject name with usage limitation, the usage limitation must be considered when determining the scope of protection. However, its actual limiting effe

The Supreme Peoples Court ruled in a patent infringement case that where a party manufactures the infringing products and supplies them to others for use, and further profits from purchasing and reselling products that those others produced using the said

The Supreme Peoples Court, in an appeal of disputes over liability for damages caused by a behavior preservation application, held that: While property preservation aims to ensure the effective enforcement of the judgment taken effect, behavior preservati