Patent

CNIPA: administrative measures for foreign patent firms' Chinese representative offices

The China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) on October 26, 2021 released the exposure draft of the administrative measures for foreign patent firms’ Chinese representative offices to solicit public comment.

Chinese vacuum maker SharkNinja wins PTAB's patent invalidation decisions

The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on October 25 invalidated the last one patent of the six patents which US robotic vacuum maker iRobot Corporation accused Chinese rival SharkNinja Operating LLC, a subsidiary of JS Global, of infringing.

Chinese medical product maker Micro-Tech reaches patent settlement with Boston Scientific

China’s medical product company Micro-Tech (Nanjing) Co., Ltd. announces that it reached a settlement with US fellow Boston Scientific Corporation resolving claims of patent infringement by Boston Scientific against Micro-Tech.

Nippon Steel sues Toyota, Baosteel for patent infringement

Japan's Nippon Steel Corporation said on Thursday it had filed patent infringement lawsuits against Toyota Motor Corporation and China's Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. with a Tokyo district court.

GSK loses suit against CNIPA over dose inhaler patent

China’s Beijing Intellectual Property Court on September 9 ruled in favor of CNIPA in its lawsuit against British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline, impleading Chinese drugmaker Chia Tai Tianqing Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd. as the third-party defendant.