Yali Shao of Liu Shen & Associates outlines the procedures for and implications of the recent possibility of patenting software applications that exist to modify exisiting computer programs China has ...

BEIJING -- China has become the first country to amass over 5 million valid domestic invention patents, and its international patent applications submitted via the Patent Cooperation Treaty have led ...

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China is gaining a solid reputation as a pharmaceutical innovation hub, shifting from a copycat drug maker to one whose ...

In considering where an invention was ‘completed’ the CNIPA’s invalidation raises issues for any company carrying out R&D in China, says Jennifer Che of Eagle IP. China and the US are similar in that ...

Historian Han Qi on why the exchange of scientific knowledge is so important - from astronomy and salt wells to high-speed ...

A team of scientists in China worked on a significant innovation that can be used to fool the country's enemies during wars. The team claims that its latest innovation can turn a drone with radar ...

A 2025 report from a bipartisan, congressionally chartered commission warns that China is closing in on a win, and the United ...

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Patent offices around the world have long grappled with the question of what intellectual property rights to grant over computer software. Lin Deng examines China's approach and looks at how ...