Based on data recently released by China’s National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA), invention patent grants and utility model patent grants have continued their downward trend with ...

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Ling Ho, Audrey Shum and Kathryn Sanger explain how China's new Patent Law has affected the way commercial contracts should be drafted Long-awaited amendments to China’s Patent Act came into force on ...

Xie of Wanhuida Intellectual Property analyses how China’s patent authorities and courts assess second medical use inventions ...

Similarly, a growing number of home-designed intelligent appliances, like robot vacuum cleaners, are gaining significant ...

Today, solar energy is the most promising area for generating electricity. The only serious drawback is the inability to ...

Historian Han Qi on why the exchange of scientific knowledge is so important - from astronomy and salt wells to high-speed trains Han Qi is a professor of Chinese history and culture at Hong Kong ...