Patent law in modern mainland China began with the promulgation of the Patent Law of the People's Republic of China, in 1984.: 19  This law was modeled...

TRIPS agreement is also the basis of China's domestic IP law, as China conformed its IP law, including regarding patents, trademark, and copyright, to the...

A biological patent is a patent on an invention in the field of biology that by law allows the patent holder to exclude others from making, using, selling...

period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention. In most countries, patent rights fall under private law and the patent holder...

property regulator of the People's Republic of China. The agency was founded in 1980 as the Patent Office of the People's Republic of China, before changing...

of patents and patent law is generally considered to have started with the Venetian Statute of 1474. There is some evidence that some form of patent rights...

inventors and patent owners in the world. Under United States law, a patent is a right granted to the inventor of a (1) process, machine, article of manufacture...

A patent office is a governmental or intergovernmental organization which controls the issue of patents. In other words, "patent offices are government...

This is a list of legal terms relating to patents and patent law. A patent is not a right to practice or use the invention claimed therein, but a territorial...

European patent law covers a range of legislations including national patent laws, the Strasbourg Convention of 1963, the European Patent Convention of 1973...

Patent law of the People's Republic of China – Patent law in Hong Kong – United Kingdom patent law Software patents under United Kingdom patent law – United...

not patentable if it was known to the public before the priority date of the patent application. Although the concept of "novelty" in patent law appears...

criticism of patents delayed the introduction of patent laws until 1907.: 248  Contemporary arguments have focused on ways that patents can slow innovation...

The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) is an international patent law treaty, concluded in 1970. It provides a unified procedure for filing patent applications...

software patent is a patent on a piece of software, such as a computer program, libraries, user interface, or algorithm. A patent is a set of exclusionary...

procedures relating to patent law and practice, such as filing patent applications and oppositions to granted patents. The term "patent attorney" is used differently...

A patent application is a request pending at a patent office for the grant of a patent for an invention described in the patent specification and a set...

Japanese patent law is based on the first-to-file principle and is mainly given force by the Patent Act (特許法, Tokkyohō) of Japan. Article 2 defines an...

context of a national or multilateral body of law, an invention is patentable if it meets the relevant legal conditions to be granted a patent. By extension...

A chemical patent, pharmaceutical patent or drug patent is a patent for an invention in the chemical or pharmaceuticals industry. Strictly speaking, in...

Chinese law is one of the oldest legal traditions in the world. The core of modern Chinese law is based on Germanic-style civil law, socialist law, and...

Canadian patent law is the legal system regulating the granting of patents for inventions within Canada, and the enforcement of these rights in Canada...

patent law, an inventor is the person, or persons in United States patent law, who contribute to the claims of a patentable invention. In some patent...

Australian patent law is law governing the granting of a temporary monopoly on the use of an invention, in exchange for the publication and free use of the invention...

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is an agency in the U.S. Department of Commerce that serves as the national patent office and trademark...

a design patent is a form of legal protection granted to the ornamental design of an article of manufacture. Design patents are a type of industrial...

German patent law is mainly governed by the Patents Act (German: Patentgesetz) and the European Patent Convention (EPC). A patent covering Germany can...

Patent infringement is the commission of a prohibited act with respect to a patented invention without permission from the patent holder. Permission may...

Chinese patent medicine (simplified Chinese: 科学中药; traditional Chinese: 科學中藥; pinyin: kēxúe zhōngyào; lit. 'scientific Chinese medicine') are herbal medicines...

given jurisdiction. The laws and practices of many countries stipulate that certain types of inventions should be denied patent protection. Together with...