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(Japan) JPO releases fresh Handbook for Trial and Appeal System

JPO releases fresh English version of Handbook for Trial and Appeal System in Japan. The Trial and Appeal Department (TAD) makes final determinations regarding the validity of IP rights to facilitate an IP strategy for developing the Japanese industry, which covers Appeal against examiner’s decision of refusal and Opposition to grant of patent and registration …

China: Annual Report 2019 of the Supreme People’s Court published on April 21

The Supreme People’s Court published “Intellectual Property Protection by Chinese Courts in 2019” both in Chinese and English, which introduces summary of IPR court cases in 2019 including civil, administrative and criminal case. English part is last half of this publication. Distribution of Civil cases is as follows; Reference site: https://www.chinacourt.org/article/detail/2020/04/id/5049570.shtml

China: Annual Report 2019 of IP court of the Supreme People’s Court published on April 16, 2020

Annual Report 2019 of Intellectual Property Court of the Supreme People’s Court 2019 has just published on April 16, 2020. In 2019, the IP Court accepted a total of 1,945 technology-related IP cases and concluded 1,433 cases, with a closing rate of 73.7%. Among the newly accepted cases, 962 were civil substantive cases of second …