Patent linkage was introduced into the 4th amendment to the Patent Law of the People’s Republic of China effective June 1, 2021. Unprecedentedly, Article 76 of the Patent Law provides a "dual-track" early resolution mechanism for resolving drug patent disputes during the marketing approval
Case 1:Pfizer, Inc. on February 2 filed a lawsuit with the District Court for the District of Connecticut accusing two former employees of theft of trade secrets for diabetes and obesity treatments. The complaint said Zhong Min and Qiu Xiayang stole the "playbook" and criti
China’s Supreme People’s Court on August 19, 2021 overturned a lower court ruling in favor of Shenzhen Saiyuan Electronics Co., Ltd. (深圳市赛源电子有限公司) in a patent infringement lawsuit filed by it against Dongguan Loyfun Industrial Co., Ltd
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) on March 11 published the Patent Landscape Report on COVID-19-related vaccines and therapeutics to assist member states in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic and building back better as part of their sustainable post COVID economi
China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) on April 8, 2021 upheld a lower court ruling that Chinese adhesive manufacturer Wenzhou Xinggeng Shoe Materials Co., Ltd. (温州市星耕鞋材有限公司) was liable for infringing Italian rival ALC Tecnologie Adesive S.r.l. (ALC粘合剂技术责任有限公司)’s patent.
