China: Court Procedure

A patent infringement case reaches China's Supreme People's Court, examining whether damages from a prior lawsuit's litigation period should be included in a subsequent case. The court addresses critical questions about calculating compensation periods when patent holders file multiple lawsuits against the same infringer for continuing violations.

The Supreme People's Court establishes a groundbreaking jurisdictional rule for method patent infringement cases involving large-scale equipment that requires on-site assembly and commissioning. This ruling addresses whether the location where equipment is assembled and debugged can serve as a valid jurisdictional connection point when the alleged infringement involves a method patent embedded in the equipment's operation.

随着人工智能在法律领域的深度应用，当事人与律师使用人工智能工具的边界问题日益凸显。就当事人层面而言，本文以美国United States v. Heppner案为切入点，