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  • 2025-09-28
  • Disclaimer of Exclusive Rights – Understanding the Common Challenges in International Trademark Registration from a Cambodia Rejection Case
  • A recent inquiry from an enterprise reported that after submitting a trademark application in Cambodia, they received an office action requiring them to disclaim exclusive rights to two letters and the Chinese characters within their tra...
  • Disclaimer of Exclusive Rights – Understanding the Common Challenges in International Trademark Registration from a Cambodia Rejection Case
  • 2025-09-25
  • U.S. Design Patents: How to Simultaneously Protect the Overall Product and Its Specific Parts?
  • During the design patent application process, companies often face a practical dilemma: they wish to protect the overall appearance of a product, yet also worry that competitors might easily circumvent protection for their core, partial in...
  • U.S. Design Patents: How to Simultaneously Protect the Overall Product and Its Specific Parts?
  • 2025-09-08
  • Effective Response Strategies under Article 26.3 of the Patent Law: A Practical Case Study
  • Article 26(3) of the Patent Law of the People's Republic of China requires that the specification disclose the invention in a manner that is sufficiently clear and complete for a person skilled in the art to carry it out. Failure...
  • Effective Response Strategies under Article 26.3 of the Patent Law: A Practical Case Study
  • 2025-09-02
  • Understanding the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH): A Quick Guide for Global Innovators
  • The Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) is a collaborative initiative among global patent offices that allows applicants to leverage positive examination results from an earlier application to expedite the review of corresponding patent...
  • Understanding the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH): A Quick Guide for Global Innovators
  • 2025-08-29
  • A Brief Analysis on Patent Drafting: Technical Problems Should Not Include Technical Means
  • What Constitutes a "Technical Problem"?A "technical problem" should refer to an objective technical difficulty or need that an invention aims to resolve, rather than the specific method of solving it. For example, ...
  • A Brief Analysis on Patent Drafting: Technical Problems Should Not Include Technical Means
  • 2025-08-25
  • The Underlying Logic Behind Changes in Patent and Trademark Official Fees Across Multiple Countries
  • IntroductionRecently, multiple countries and regions have intensively adjusted their patent and trademark official fees. From significant increases in the United States and Brazil to notable reductions in Uzbekistan, each change has ...
  • The Underlying Logic Behind Changes in Patent and Trademark Official Fees Across Multiple Countries

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