China granted significantly more invention patents in the first two months of 2024 compared to the same period last year. The China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) reported a 77.56 percent increase in patents issued.
China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) has released its 2024 budget on March 26. The budget allocates 5.06 billion RMB for patent acceptance and approval. CNIPA aims to process over 2.026 million patent applications within a period of less than 16 months.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Federal Circuit) recently issued a judgment on the appeal in the invalidity case concerning Sisvel’s U.S. patent US8971279 (referred to as the ‘279 patent).
Two patents (patent numbers : ZL201210137097.1 and ZL201010571102.0) owned by DT Mobile have successfully withstood challenges from Samsung, as per announcements made by the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) last week.
In a landmark decision, the Supreme People's Court (SPC) of China has overturned a lower court's ruling and upheld the validity of a patent owned by Nippon Steel Corporation (Nippon Steel). The patent was challenged by Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd (Baosteel).
