China is intensifying its efforts to enhance the efficiency of its patent application review process, aiming to reduce the examination time to 15.5 months within this year, China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) said in its recently annual work guideline.
The German court issued what may be the first injunction in the lithium battery industry. COSMX may face the choice of settling with its Chinese rival ATL or withdrawing from the German market, given its loss in two invalidation challenges against the disputed patent.
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).
