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The Rules for the Implementation of the Patent Law and the Guidelines for Patent Examination will be come into force on 20 January 2024, in which the fee relating to the compensation for the term of patent will be implemented after the development and reform department of the State Council, the financial department, and the National Intellectual Property Administration of the State Council have issued the policy on the standard of the patent fee and the policy of reducing the fee (hereinafter referred to as the "fee policy"). On 18th January 2024, the CNIPA ...
On January 1, 2024, the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (hereinafter referred to as the "CIETAC") officially implemented the new version of the arbitration rules, published on September 5, 2023, (hereinafter referred to as the "2024 Edition"). These rules are applicable to CIETAC arbitration initiated on or after this date. The 2024 Edition involve amendments to nearly fifty provisions (including non-substantive textual changes), increasing the total number of articles from 84 to 88.From a broad perspective, the 2024 Edition, while ...
On November 22, 2023, the 8th session of the 16th Shanghai Municipal People's Congress Standing Committee voted to pass the "Regulations on the Promotion of the Construction of the Shanghai International Commercial Dispute Resolution Center" (hereinafter referred to as the "Regulations") , which is the first local regulation in the country governing the establishment of an international commercial dispute resolution center. Article 16 of the "Regulations" stipulates that well-known overseas arbitration and dispute resolution institutions can ...
On November 27, 2023, Beijing time, the Seminar on “Recognition and Enforcement of International Commercial Arbitral Awards in Latin America (Latam)” (“the Seminar”), hosted by China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission ...
On November 10, 2023, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government announced that the Mainland Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters (Reciprical Enforcement) Ordinance (Chapter 645) (hereinafter referred to as the "Ordinance") and the Mainland Judgments in Mutual Enforcement of Civil and Commercial Matters Rules (hereinafter referred to as the "Rules") will come into effect on January 29, 2024.The Ordinance aims to implement the Arrangement on Reciprocal Recognition and Enforcement of Civil and Commercial Judgments...