At the end of December 2020, the Supreme People's Court organized the 1823th Judicial Committee meeting and released the amendments of 18 judicial interpretations relating to Intellectual Property (IP) practice to make sure that they are in accordance with the coming Civil Code.

We have finished the translation of the two regarding patent law

  • Several Provisions of Supreme People's Court on Issues Concerning the Application of Law in the Trial of Cases Involving Patent Disputes (2021.1.1)
  • Interpretation (II) of the Supreme People's Court on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Law in the Trial of Disputes over Infringement of Patent Rights (2021.1.1)

and published it on our website.

The Civil Code and the judicial interpretations has come into force on 1 January 2021.

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