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1、Global cybersecurity patent ranking: Chinese firms accounted for six of the top 10, with Huawei and Tencent making the top three 2、 China’s State Council has approved the draft implementation rules of its Patent Law  3、Samsung Display files ITC complaint against BOE, alleging trade secret infringement 4、CNIPA and JPO PPH pilot program extends to November 1, 2028 5、Shokz filed over 100 patent infringement lawsuits against its rivals , including Lenovo, and Xiaomi  6、CNIPA : China to promote industrialization of high-value patents

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    Where AI Works Well and Where it Doesn’t in Predicting Standard Essentiality for Patents
    Where AI Works Well and Where it Doesn’t in Predicting Standard Essentiality for Patents
    Artificial Intelligence (AI) is providing enormous productivity and increased value in many applications. But AI is no panacea and is not yet sufficiently well developed to be precise or dependable everywhere.
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    Baidu AI: unignorable cemented dominance in patent rankings
    Baidu AI: unignorable cemented dominance in patent rankings
    Artificial intelligence (AI) is a definitive force of the new round of technological revolution and industrial change, and has become the focus of international competition and industrial policy efforts in various countries. Driven by technological innovation, AI has been deeply integrated with all walks of life, propelling high-quality development and reshaping the world economy and human society.
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    Beijing hosts audio copyright festival
    Beijing hosts audio copyright festival
    The prosperity of the audio cultural industry is inseparable from the robust protection of audio copyrights and an environment that respects the creation of audio content and is conducive to the dissemination of audio content. Tong Gang delivered a speech to the guests from multi-dimensional and multi-perspective of academic, legal, policy, management, innovation, and practice, contributing to the healthy and sustainable development of the audio copyright industry.
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    Copyright protection of digital art: Langkong Art Museum presents ‘An Intellectual Property Day’
    Copyright protection of digital art: Langkong Art Museum presents ‘An Intellectual Property Day’
    Langkong Art Museum presented ‘An Intellectual Property Day’ during the ‘Linear’ exhibition in celebration of the publication of the 100th issue of China Intellectual Property magazine (English Edition) in Beijing on July 17. The event’s co-organizers include China Intellectual Property magazine, Beijing Sunshine Intellectual Property and Legal Development Foundation, and Zhongguancun Intellectual Property New Association.
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    'Waltzing with IP' ECTA 39th Annual Conference in Vienna goes hybrid
    'Waltzing with IP' ECTA 39th Annual Conference in Vienna goes hybrid
    ECTA is looking forward to welcoming many colleagues at its 39th Annual Conference ‘Waltzing with IP’ on 21-22 October 2021, this year in a hybrid format. For safety reasons, this prestigious European IP event will be organised either in Vienna for a limited number of participants and online. We have ensured a very engaging programme with most distinguished guests and speakers such as WIPO Director General Daren Tang: find out what you may expect and register soon!
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    China’s institutional reforms and what it means for resolving IP disputes
    China’s institutional reforms and what it means for resolving IP disputes
    Following the launch of the plan, the 14th National People’s Congress of China passed the institutional reform of the State Council. The functions of CNIPA and the SAMR are now coordinated, and the enforcement teams of SAMR maintain the duty to enforce the law for trademarks and patents, under the professional guidance of the CNIPA. But what does this reform mean for dispute resolution, particularly arbitration, in resolving disputes around IP?
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    EU’s proposal for a more efficient and future-proof design law
    EU’s proposal for a more efficient and future-proof design law
    On 29 November 2022, the European Commission published its long-awaited proposals for a new Directive on the legal protection of designs (hereafter “DDir”) and a new Regulation on Community designs (hereafter “DReg”). The Directive is the instrument used to provide harmonization amongst EU Member States with regard to their national design laws.
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    Chinese character trademarks enjoy lowered distinctiveness in EU
    Chinese character trademarks enjoy lowered distinctiveness in EU
    The recent judgement of the General Court of the European Union in Case T‑323/21 Castel Frères v. Shanghai Panati Co. deals with the genuine use of a trade mark and distinctiveness of Chinese character trade marks in the EU. The Court decided that the registration of the contested Chinese character trade mark shall be revoked because its level of distinctiveness is below the average and it had been only used as a decorative element and not as an indication of origin of the goods.
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    Patent eligibility of software inventions
    Patent eligibility of software inventions
    Article 25 of the Patent Law provides for six types of subject matters for which no patent right should be granted. No matter how practical, novel or inventive they are, specific results covered by such subject matters are excluded from patent protection. Nevertheless, the determination of ineligible subject matters does not require evidence to aid comparison as in the case of commenting on novelty or inventiveness, which can be concluded directly and merely by deductive reasoning.
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    China's unique amendment by "furthuer definition" in patent invalidation
    China's unique amendment by "furthuer definition" in patent invalidation
    From the perspective of the legislative purpose, the purposes of formulating the patent law are the same in all countries in the world, and with the continuous development of globalization and deepening international cooperation, international patent procedures such as the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property and the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) have emerged accordingly. However, there still exist subtle differences in many provisions of the patent law of each country depending on their actual situations.

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