Changes to Patent Law tightens requirements

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    Controversial provisions removed but higher penalties exist

    The National People's Congress has announced the first reading of the proposed amendments to the Patent Law.

    The draft amendments have raised the threshold for invention applications and placed harsher penalties for breach of piracy acts.

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