On June 29, 2026, the Supreme People's Court issued its final judgment in a high-profile invention patent infringement case involving Apple Pay functionality. The Court held that the accused technical solution did not fall within the scope of protection o
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