How the Chinese Supreme Court has changed patent litigation

The Supreme People's Court's latest Opinion on IP infringement contains many small steps forward for patent owners in China and should increase judicial predictability and consistency, but the crackdown on preliminary injunctions is a step backwards

14 minute readMarch 29, 2012 at 12:58 AM
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Without much fanfare, on December 16 2011, the Supreme People's Court (SPC) issued judicial guidelines for IP infringement adjudication entitledOpinion on Several Issues Relating to Sufficient Utilisation of IP

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