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Beijing Third Intermediate People’s Court established in August 2013
In 2011, Beijing’s First and Second Intermediate People’s Courts concluded 60,000 cases, an increase of 485% over 1995, when the former Beijing Intermediate People’s Court was divided into two courts. To address the rapidly growing caseload, the Beijing Third Intermediate People’s Court was established on August 6, 2013, and opened on August 21, 2013.
Supreme People’s Court begins publishing judgments online in 2013
The Interim Measures for Publishing Supreme People’s Court Judgment Documents Online were approved and took effect in July 2013. The first batch of judgment documents has since been published.
Rules on the list of dishonest judgment debtors take effect on October 1, 2013
The Supreme People’s Court promulgated Several Provisions on Publishing the List of Dishonest Persons Subject to Enforcement, effective October 1, 2013.
Confidentiality examination before filing a patent application outside China
The third revision of China’s Patent Law, which took effect on October 1, 2009, introduced confidentiality examination for an invention or utility model developed in China before a patent application is filed abroad. Such an application may be filed abroad only after compliance with the confidentiality-examination requirements. Breaching the requirement can prevent a corresponding Chinese application from being granted; a granted patent may also be invalidated on that ground. An invention or utility model developed in China is one whose substantive technical content was developed within China.
Read article ↗Determining whether an invention or utility model was developed in China
Rule 8 of the Implementing Regulations explains the confidentiality-examination requirement in Article 20 of China’s Patent Law. An invention or utility model developed in China is one whose substantive technical content was developed within China. For this purpose, the original article refers to the territory within mainland China’s customs boundary, excluding Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.
Read article ↗When may a divisional patent application be filed in China?
Question: When may a divisional patent application be filed in China?
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