China: Court Procedure

China's Supreme People's Procuratorate has released five landmark cases addressing malicious intellectual property litigation, including a notable trademark infringement case where a Shenzhen company was found to have registered over 600 trademarks without genuine business operations, filing bulk lawsuits to extract undue benefits. The case demonstrates how procuratorial authorities use big data screening and comprehensive investigation to identify and combat trademark hoarding schemes that abuse the judici

最高人民法院近期公布的一起专利权诉讼判决书引发广泛关注，案件涉及一家食品公司在机器人独角兽宇树科技IPO窗口期发起的专利侵权诉讼。

China's Supreme People's Procuratorate has released five typical cases addressing malicious intellectual property litigation, with a landmark design patent case demonstrating how concealing patent invalidation during litigation constitutes bad faith conduct. The case of Individual X v. Company A illustrates the legal consequences when a patent holder knowingly pursues infringement claims after their patent has been declared invalid by Chinese authorities.

The Supreme People's Court has issued a landmark ruling on inventor attribution rights in patent disputes, establishing clear standards for proving substantive creative contribution. In a case where a chip architecture engineer discovered his technical work had been used without permission in four patent applications filed by a colleague from another department, the court examined evidence including technical documents, timing of submissions, professional backgrounds, and witness testimony to determine true

最高人民法院对一起发明创造发明人署名权纠纷作出终审判决。该判决明确，发明人署名权纠纷案件中，当事人主张其为发明创造的发明人的，应就其对发明创造作出实质性贡献承担举证责任。

A patent infringement case reaches China's Supreme People's Court, examining whether damages from a prior lawsuit's litigation period should be included in a subsequent case. The court addresses critical questions about calculating compensation periods when patent holders file multiple lawsuits against the same infringer for continuing violations.

中国の最高人民法院知的財産権法廷が2026年6月に、世界的大企業の核心特許、標準必須特許...

中国の商標局が、マドリッド国際商標登録における不使用取消手続きの法律文書送付方法を大幅に変更します。

Cross-border litigation involving Chinese companies presents unique discovery challenges that U.S. litigators must navigate carefully. Understanding the limits of subpoena enforcement...