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Worldwide Patent Law Reform and Hong Kong’s Response HKU Workshop

  University of Hong Kong Law & Technology Centre and the Intellectual Property Department of Hong Kong organized the IP Forum 2015 on 16 January 2015 at HKU.  The topic was “Patent and Innovation: Worldwide Patent Law Reform and Hong … Continue reading

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Rethinking Intellectual Property Protection in Hong Kong

After the welcome remarks by professor Douglas Arner (head Department of Law, HKU) and the opening speech by Peter Cheung, (director IPD, HKSAR Government) see here, the first panel presentation of the Round Table event organised by Law & Technology Centre … Continue reading

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Should Hong Kong (Also) Get Its Own “Normal” Patent System?

Hong Kong’s patent system spinning…Whirlpool in middle of flag, a suitable symbol  So far Hong Kong’s patent system has been mainly a re-registration system of Chinese patents, United Kingdom patents or European patents. Yesterday, October 4, 2011, the Hong Kong government … Continue reading

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“China Will Reshape International Intellectual Property Policy”

I just read a great paper by Andrea Wechsler ‘Intellectual Property Law in the P.R. China: A powerful Economic Tool for Innovation and Development’, Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition & Tax Law Research Paper No. 09-02, November 12, … Continue reading

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New Draft Third Patent Law Amendment: Slight Improvements

In the beginning of this year there was not much reason for optimism regarding the third patent law amendment, read ‘Curb your enthousiasm. The earlier draft included the requirement that Chinese legal and natural persons must first apply for patents … Continue reading

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Discover Your Invention in China Or Lose Protection

Ms Patti Waldmeir has another interesting article about the upcoming patent law in China. She rightly zoomed in on the controversial articles. In February I posted a blog about the articles 49, 50 and 74 of China’s third amended patent … Continue reading

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China’s Third Patent Amendment: Curb Your Enthousiasm

China’s upcoming third amendment of its patent law has moved a lot of pens, or rather fingers, to write critiques and analyses. Mr Timonthy J. Maier partner of Maier & Maier PLLC, a law firm in Alexandria Virginia (US) and … Continue reading

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Cheng Yongshun’s Critique On US Patent Reform Act Ammuniton To Opposites

Philip Brooks’ Patent Infringement Update has a great post called ‘China Weighs in on Patent Reform Bill’, read here. It is great when intellectual property scholars of different countries can learn from each other. For a long time a stream … Continue reading

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