Patent

Beijing IP court to hear China's first case of patent linkage

Japan's Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. has recently filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the Beijing Intellectual Property Court against Chinese rival Haihe Pharmaceutical Industry, seeking to stay the marketing approval process for its generic drug Eldecalcitol.

EPO releases report on patents for quantum technologies

Prepared by the EPO and the European Space Policy Institute (ESPI) in collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA), the report “Patent insight report - Quantum theories and space” provides insights into the patenting activities for quantum technologies.

Chinese lighting company wins $14 mln in Texas patent verdict

A Texas jury on November 5 awarded Chinese company Jiaxing Super Lighting Electric Appliance Co., Ltd. (嘉兴山蒲照明电器有限公司) nearly $14.2 million in damages after finding that rival Chinese lighting company CH Lighting willfully infringed three of its US patents for LED tubes.

China court to auction 6 patents for minimum 1.49 billion yuan

6 patents owned by Chinese oil services and equipment company Shandong Kerui Petroleum Equipment Co., Ltd. will be auctioned off for a minimum asking price 1.49 billion yuan ($233 million) on Alibaba’s online auction site on November 19-20.

Chinese medical device maker to pay Swiss company $3 mln in patent lawsuit

China’s Supreme People’s Court on November 3 ruled in favor of Swiss medical device maker Synthes GmbH in a patent lawsuit against Chinese rival Double Medical Technology for infringing Synthes’s patent CN03827088.9 entitled “device for treating femoral fractures”.