Proteger vos inventions en Chine : le guide

10 novembre 2022

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Auteur:

Jian Xu

On April 1, 1985, the first Patent Law of the People's Republic of China came into force, part of the China's sweeping push to modernize the country into an industrial superpower.

Nearly four decades later, companies across the globe are looking to China's economy – now the second largest in the world – as an opportunity to grow their businesses and introduce their products to more than a billion new consumers. Many such companies, however, are quick to discover that the ability to navigate China's notoriously complex patent regime is a steep price for entry into this thriving market.

Stay one step ahead

For IP practitioners who must learn to negotiate this legal landscape strategically, our China Patent Law Guide serves as an easy-to-read, searchable and continuously updated resource. Covering patent registration, enforcement, and transactions, the guide is tailored to provide readers with a comprehensive understanding of Chinese patent law and practice.

For additional questions or advice related to Chinese patent law, please email Dr. Jian Xu, managing director of Gowling WLG Beijing.

Download our guide here

Overview
Patent office
Type of patents
Unpatentable subject matters
Engaging patent agency
Foreign filing license
Patent abuse and monopoly
Patentability requirement
Patent application documents
Claiming priority
Patent unity requirement
Invention and utility model filed simultaneously
Withdrawing patent application
Acceptance of patent application documents
Divisional application
Preliminary examination
Early publication
Substantive examination
Amending patent application
Third party opinion
Patent grant
Patent rejection
Patent term
Patent Reexamination

Patent infringement

Patent infringement behavior
Interpretation of patent protection scope
Dual track protection
Reverse burden of proof for process patents
Patent evaluation report for utility model and design
Determining patent infringement
Determining design infringement
Contributory infringement
Damage awards and cost recovery
Preliminary measures
Provisional protection of published patents
Statutory limitation period for patent infringement litigation
Patent linkage system for pharmaceutical patents
Exceptions to patent infringement
Prior art defense
Exemption from damages
Patent counterfeiting

Patent invalidation

The Patent Reexamination Board
Time limit and standing for filing a patent invalidation
Grounds for patent invalidation
Procedure of patent invalidation
Amending the patent during the invalidation proceeding
Oral hearing
Withdrawing a patent invalidation request
Non bis in idem
Remedy after a patent invalidation decision
Effect of an invalidation decision
Scope of retroactive effect of an invalidation decision

Patent entitlement

Service inventions
Non-service inventions
Commissioned inventions
Joint inventions

Inventorship and remuneration

Inventorship
Remuneration for inventors of service Inventions

Patent assignment

Right to assign
Assignment contract
Registration of the assignment

Patent license

Right to license
Manner of license
Open license
Compulsory license
No exploitation of patent or monopolistic behavior
National emergency or public interest
Public health
Fundamental technology
Granting compulsory license
No exclusive or sub-license right
Reasonable royalty
Legal remedy

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Sujet(s) similaire(s) Propriété intellectuelle, Brevets

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Jian Xu Managing Director - Head of IP Prosecution, China; IP Attorney, Patent and Trademark Attorney, Beijing

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Jian Xu Managing Director - Head of IP Prosecution, China; IP Attorney, Patent and Trademark Attorney, Beijing

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