The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has announced a policy change under which a company's status as being Chinese state-sponsored will be considered as part of the patent litigation process.

In response to a recent WTO dispute ruling on various aspects of its IP enforcement, China has told WTO Members that, despite having concerns with the ruling, it is now in compliance.

China's Ministry of Commerce offered a mixed reaction to a recent award issued by the Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement (MPIA) over an intellectual property-related dispute between the EU and China, while indicating its intention to comply with the ruling.

A WTO arbitration body set up to hear an appeal of a WTO panel report that examined Chinese "anti-suit injunctions" has reversed the panel on a key substantive issue, finding that China's policies are inconsistent with the WTO's TRIPS Agreement. This ruling puts the

There were two new developments in the China - IPRs Enforcement (EU) dispute last week: (1) China filed its own appeal, and (2) the arbitrators in the appeal were announced.

Today, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) released its Special 301 report "on the adequacy and effectiveness of U.S. trading partners’ protection and enforcement of intellectual property (IP) rights," repeating many of its long-standing complaints about Chinese policies and practices in this area.

The WTO panel report in the China - Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights (DS611) dispute, brought by the EU, has now been circulated, and an appeal was filed by the EU.