General Office of the China National Intellectual Property Administration, Several Provisions on the Participation by Technical Investigators in the Handling of Cases Involving Administrative Adjudication of Patent and Integrated Circuit Layout Design Infringement Disputes (Tentative)

国家知识产权局办公室关于技术调查官参与专利、集成电路布图设计侵权纠纷行政裁决办案的若干规定 (暂行)

May 31, 2021 | BY

Susan Mok

Patent and IC layout design cases may involve technical investigators

Promulgated: May 7, 2021

Effective: as of date of promulgation

Main contents: When the China National Intellectual Property Administration or a local patent department handles a dispute case involving the infringement of a patent or integrated circuit layout design, it may assign a technical investigator to participate in the administrative adjudication activities (Article 2).

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