Global Patent Prosecution - August 2020

In April, the Supreme People’s Court of China published a draft for comment for “Provisions of the Supreme People’s Court on Several Issues Concerning the Trial of Administrative Cases Involving Patent Authorization and Confirmation (I)” (“Provisions”). This month’s issue of the Global Patent Prosecution newsletter discusses similarities and differences between patent invalidity proceedings before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO’s) Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) and similar proceedings before the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) in view of the Provisions.

In this issue:

• Survey of PTAB and CNIPA Proceedings in View of Proposed Regulations Regarding Administrative Patent Litigation in China