Patent Law revisions approved

No more China first filing, but closer scrutiny of foreign applications

2 minute readFebruary 09, 2009 at 11:58 PM

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China has removed the local first-filing rule from its Patent Law, but added new provisions to require scrutiny of all patents which are initially filed overseas.

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