The Senate Finance Committee held a hearing today on the Nominations of Maria Pagan to be a Deputy United States Trade Representative (Geneva Office) and Christopher Wilson to be USTR's Chief Innovation and Intellectual Property Negotiator (as well as Brent Neiman to be Deputy Under Secretary of the

Following an EU request for China to provide more information about judicial decisions and regulations related to patents, China has now provided a response. However, it does not seem to directly address all of the EU questions, and the EU may press China again on these points going forward. As

In late July, we wrote about [https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/usitc-institutes-section-337-investigation-on-silicon-photovoltaic-cells-and-modules/] the U.S. International Trade Commission's decision to institute a Section 337 investigation [https://www.usitc.gov/intellectual_property/about_section_337.htm] of certain silicon photovoltaic cells and modules with nanostructures. As a brief follow-up, three

On July 14, the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) announced [https://usitc.gov/press_room/news_release/2021/er0714ll1797.htm] that it had voted to institute a Section 337 investigation [https://www.usitc.gov/intellectual_property/about_section_337.htm] of certain silicon photovoltaic cells and modules with nanostructures,

In a communication posted on the WTO's website on July 6, 2021 (IP/C/W/682 [https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/SS/directdoc.aspx?filename=q:/IP/C/W682.pdf&Open=True] ), the EU requested information from China pursuant to Article 63.3 of the TRIPS

The U.S. International Trade Commission has issued a notice [https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/06/02/2021-11594/certain-cellular-signal-boosters-repeaters-bi-directional-amplifiers-and-components-thereof-i] that it has determined not to review the presiding administrative law judge's initial determination "granting a joint motion to terminate the investigation based on a settlement agreement.

On February 22, the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) announced [https://usitc.gov/press_room/news_release/2021/er0222ll1725.htm] that it had voted to institute three separate Section 337 investigations of certain cellular signal boosters, repeaters, bi-directional amplifiers, and components thereof. The complaint in the case alleges violations