We are happy to announce that the EPO’s annual East meets West forum which had to be cancelled due to COVID-19 last April will now take place as an online event from 23 to 25 November 2020. Even in the new format, the forum is a “must-attend event” for anyone interested in what’s going on in Asian p...

Dear user, Indeed, you are right, it is a common filing strategy in China (mainly by Chinese applicants) to file a patent (patent of invention) and an utility model (patent of utility model) application for the same invention. The Chinese patent law is one of the very few patent acts which allow dua...