On April 11, China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) issued a document showing that a Chinese patent ZL200410087485.9, titled "Surgical stapling apparatus containing a transmitting mechanism with a linking rack" of Ethicon Endo-surgery Company(爱惜康外科手术有限公司), a
The China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) found Amperex Technology Limited (ATL) (宁德新能源科技有限公司)’s Chinese Patent No. 201810123144.4 to be wholly invalid in its No. 55016 order dated March 29. The patent covers a positive active material and lithium-ion battery (LIB). The petitio
Finnish telco company Nokia and Chinese smartphone maker Oppo have taken legal action against each other over 5G patents and other patents in about 10 jurisdictions worldwide, including China, Germany, France, and Indonesia, since July 2021. Nokia signed a patent license agreement with Oppo in Novem
China’s Guangzhou Intellectual Property Court in March ruled in favor of Chinese semiconductor maker Techtotop Microelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. (TTT) (泰斗微电子科技有限公司) in a lawsuit filed by it against Swiss rival u-blox AG (瑞士优北罗股份有限公司) for infringement of its patent. Founded in 2008, Guangzho
China’s Supreme People’s Court on March 31 released a second list of exemplary cases, including 2 criminal cases and 8 civil cases. The 10 cases are meant to follow up the first list of 10 exemplary cases released by the top court on September 7, 2021. The fourth Amendments to the Seed Law of t
