The Guidelines for the Determination of Patent Infringements (for Trial Implementation) (‘ The Guidelines 2016’) has come into force on 5 May 2016
In 2013, the draft of ‘The Guidelines for the Determination of Patent Infringements’ was released for collecting comments, because it has involved too many aspects and departments, it had not been issued for a long time. So in July 2014, the State Intellectual Property Office issued the ‘The Guidelines for the Determination of Patent Infringements and Counterfeiting Behavior (for Trial Implementation)’ (‘The Guidelines 2014’). After nearly 3 years for collecting comments and amending, ‘The Guidelines 2016’ has been released and come into force on 5 May 2016. Like the ‘The Guidelines 2014’, ‘The Guidelines 2016’ has explained the articles by…