On September 22, 2025, the All-China Patent Attorneys Association (ACPAA) released the revised Code of Professional Ethics and Practice Discipline for Patent Agents (专利代理职业道德与执业纪律规范) “to further improve the professional quality of patent agents, standardize the practice of patent agents, and ensure the high-quality development of the patent agency industry” in China. Two key changes include prohibitions against using artificial intelligence to directly generate patent application documents and maliciously lowering the price of patent agency services. Earlier this year, Nanjing banned …
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CNIPA Publishes Compilation of Key Points of Decisions in Typical Patent Reexamination and Invalidation Cases (2024)
On August 11, 2025 through August 18, 2025, China’s Reexamination and Invalidation Review Department of the Patent Office of the National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) released the Compilation of Key Points of Decisions in Typical Patent Reexamination and Invalidation Cases (2024) (专利复审无效典型案件决定要点汇编(2024)). CNIPA stated that the release was “to focus on explaining the application of law in patent reexamination and invalidation cases and to showcase the latest practices in patent examination in various technical fields.” CNIPA generated the Compilation by …
China’s Supreme People’s Court Releases Typical Cases for Equal Protection of Private Enterprises Including Two IP Cases
On July 30, 2025, China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) released a set of Typical Cases of People’s Courts Equally Protecting the Legitimate Rights and Interests of Private Enterprises and Entrepreneurs in Accordance with the Law (人民法院依法平等保护民营企业和企业家合法权益典型案例). Per the SPC, the Typical Cases show that the Courts “effectively protect the legitimate rights and interests of private enterprises and entrepreneurs in accordance with the law;… fully implement the principle of equal protection under the law;… protect the innovation of scientific researchers and …
WTO Reverses on Appeal EU’s Loss Regarding China’s Anti-Suit Injunctions for Standard Essential Patents
On the July 21, 2025, the World Trade Organization (WTO) released an Award of the Article 25 of the DSU Arbitrator reversing the European Union’s (EU) loss that challenged China’s Anti-Suit Injunctions (ASIs) for Standard Essential Patents (SEPs). In August 2020, China’s Supreme People’s Court held that Chinese courts can prohibit patent holders from going to a non-Chinese court to enforce their patents by putting in place an “anti-suit injunction”. The Supreme People’s Court also held that violation of the …