China’s Guangzhou Intellectual Property Court in March ruled in favor of Chinese semiconductor maker Techtotop Microelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. (TTT) (泰斗微电子科技有限公司) in a lawsuit filed by it against Swiss rival u-blox AG (瑞士优北罗股份有限公司) for infringement of its patent. Founded in 2008, Guangzho
China’s Supreme People’s Court on March 31 released a second list of exemplary cases, including 2 criminal cases and 8 civil cases. The 10 cases are meant to follow up the first list of 10 exemplary cases released by the top court on September 7, 2021. The fourth Amendments to the Seed Law of t
Patent linkage was introduced into the 4th amendment to the Patent Law of the People’s Republic of China effective June 1, 2021. Unprecedentedly, Article 76 of the Patent Law provides a "dual-track" early resolution mechanism for resolving drug patent disputes during the marketing approval
Case 1:Pfizer, Inc. on February 2 filed a lawsuit with the District Court for the District of Connecticut accusing two former employees of theft of trade secrets for diabetes and obesity treatments. The complaint said Zhong Min and Qiu Xiayang stole the "playbook" and criti
China’s Supreme People’s Court on August 19, 2021 overturned a lower court ruling in favor of Shenzhen Saiyuan Electronics Co., Ltd. (深圳市赛源电子有限公司) in a patent infringement lawsuit filed by it against Dongguan Loyfun Industrial Co., Ltd
