Patent Law improves again

China has revised its Patent Law for the third time, and issued the first proposed draft amendments to the Implementing Regulations. There are key changes relating to invention patents and utility models. These should better align the Law with international standards, but there will be notable implications for foreign-invested companies. By Ronald Chu and Annie Tsoi, Deacons.

11 minute readFebruary 09, 2009 at 11:58 PM

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Amendments to China'sPatent Law have been a long time coming. ThePRC Patent Law (3rd Revision) (中华人民共和国专利法) (Revised Patent Law) was finally promulgated on December 27 2008 by the Standing Committee of the National

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