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Promoting Innovation with Enhanced Protection and Enforcement Measurements under New Chinese Patent Law

On October 17, 2020, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China approved the new Chinese Patent Law, which will become effective on June 1, 2021. The new Chinese Patent Law aims to promote innovation in China with the following enhanced protection and enforcement measurements.

Nation set to dominate lithium-ion cell market

Between 2020 and 2025, China will dominate the lithium-ion battery supply chain in the world, a new report said.Japan and South Korea were market leaders for much of the previous decade. But, according to the report from BloombergNEF, a research firm, China has already surpassed them.China's suc

Wuhan highlights incubator platforms to nurture startups

Shen Huayu, the research and development manager of Wimanu Network Technology Co Ltd in Wuhan, Hubei province, no longer had to worry about the office rental, talent recruitment and accounting problems that troubled him before. After the tech startup moved into a small and medium-sized enterprises&#

Evaluating the Munich Procedure in patent litigation

Short and transparent court procedures make the Regional Court Munich a go-to location to file for patent disputes. According to a recent survey of the German patent community, the so-called Munich procedure has contributed to a heightening in the perception of Munich as an attractive patent locatio

Enterprises' increasing R&D capacity boosts economic growth

According to the World Intellectual Property Organization, seventeen Chinese regions now rank among the top 100 global innovation clusters, and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Beijing and Shanghai rank among the top ten.Science and technology are the primary productive force, an