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China patents and trademarks data, at a glance January 2022

The China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) has recently published the data on the numbers of patent applications and trademark registration applications filed through January of 2022.

Chinese companies ASUSTek and iAQUA sued for patent infringement in US

Texas-based Sovereign Peak Ventures, LLC (SPV) on February 3 filed a patent lawsuit in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas against ASUSTek Computer Inc. (华硕电脑股份有限公司) for infringement of U.S. Patent No. 7,158,148 covering, U.S. Patent No. 8,902,871, U.S. Patent

Chinese companies Anker and Tineco sued for patent infringement in US

US vacuum cleaner manufacturer Bissell Inc. and Bissell Homecare, Inc. on Feb. 1 filed a patent infringement lawsuit in a District Court of Delaware against Tineco Intelligent Inc., a subsidiary of TEK (Hong Kong) Science & Technology Ltd., of manufacturing a

Chofn IP report shows most of patent invalidation requests filed on utility model patents in 2021

Chofn IP, China’s only listed intellectual property agency, on Feb. 9 released a report analyzing the 5,240 requests for trials for invalidation against patent owners at the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) in 2021.

China’s 5 generic drugmakers to produce cheap version of Merck oral COVID-19 pill for low-income countries

The Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) announced on January 20 that it has signed agreements with 27 generic manufacturing companies for the manufacturing of the oral COVID-19 antiviral medication molnupiravir and supply in 105 low- and-middle-income countries (LMICs).