“Speed will be of the essence if China’s patent linkage system is to be useful to U.S. patent holders.” On July 4, 2021, the NMPA and the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) ...

Starting in July of this year, China initiated a patent registration platform that bears some similarity to the generic drug framework under the Hatch-Waxman Act in the U.S. The purpose of this alert ...

Since 2003, when the Mexican Linkage Regulation was enacted, the Mexican Patent Office, due to a narrow interpretation, has been reluctant to include in the Linkage Gazette patents that cover ...

Masato Iida of Shiga International Patent Office calls for greater clarity in the Japanese patent linkage system in comparing it with US and Chinese practice Generic products have been ‘growing the ...