On July 16, the Supreme People's Court published the Decision of the Supreme People's Court on Revising the "Certain Provisions of the Supreme People's Court on Issues Concerning the Application of Law in the Hearing of Patent Dispute Cases" (Draft for Soliciting Public Opinion) to solicit public opinions and suggestions. The soliciting period is 1 month. Opinions and Suggestions shall be provided before August 15, 2014.
Paper copy of any opinions or suggestions can be mailed to following address:
Judicial Interpretation of Patents of The Intellectual Property Tribunal of The Supreme People's Court, No. 27, Dong Jiao Min Xiang, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100745
Or a soft copy of the opinions or suggestions can be e-mailed to: zhuanliyijian@163.com.
Beijing East IP Ltd. has translated the proposed revisions into English, which can be downloaded via linkage below.
Proposed Revisions to the Judicial Interpretation
English translation of the original judicial interpretation can be downloaded via linkage below.
Linkage to the official webpage of the news is as follows.
http://www.chinacourt.org/article/detail/2014/07/id/1340186.shtml
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