Features a and b did not contribute to inventiveness, and the patentee did not obtain any benefit based on them. The narrowing statements made by the patentee regarding features a and b during the grant and validation stages do not constitute a disclaimer
For assessing the inventiveness, the technical solution of claims shall be taken into consideration as a whole, rather than individual technical features. The “whole” perspective means that we shall consider not only the technical solution itself, but als
For a long time, there have been numerous acts of bad-faith trademark squatting in China. These acts are not for the purpose of use but involve registering trademarks that market entities actually engaged in production and operation have not registered in
Regarding self-created technical terminology in patent claims, patent practitioners should provide corresponding accurate meanings based on industry standards or norms. If the industry standards or norms have not yet addressed the technical term due to th
Abstract：Inventiveness is one of the necessary requirements for grant of the invention patent right, and the feature comparison is the basis of the inventiveness judgment. To judge whether a feature is disclosed, we should pay attention to not only the fe
Abstract: The provision on the principle of good faith in Article 7 of the current Trademark Law specifically implements the paramount clause of civil law, thereby harmonizing the interests of trademark right holders with public interest. This article ana