AFD News_AFD China Intellectual Property

2012-12-10

AFD China Held a Seminar on the Topic of Post-grant Proceedings before the EPO

On December 6, Dr. Michiael Willinger, founding partner of Willinger Ricker Schlotter Tostmann, came to hold a seminar in the Beijing Office of AFD China. During the presentation, he gave a brief summary of EPO Post-grant Proceedings. In addition, Dr. Mic

2012-11-08

AFD China Held Lecture about the Coming European Unified Patent System

On November 8, Mr. Claude Jacobson and Mr. Damien Colombi, French Industrial Property Attorney and European Patent Attorney, came to visit our firm and offered a presentation on the topic of Strategies for protecting inventions in EU. They introduced the

2012-10-25

AFD China Ranks Seventh in the World and Third in China as Top PCT filing firm by Managing Intellectual Property Magazine

AFD China once again ranked among top PCT filing firms, according to the latest PCT Survey published in the October 2013 issue of Managing Intellectual Property magazine. Based on details of PCT application that due to enter the national phase in 2012 pub

2012-09-30

Invention Patent Represented by AFD China Won the 14th Chinese Patent Award

September 26, 2012, the 14th Chinese Patent Award has been announced in Beijing, therein 20 gold prizes and 263 outstanding prizes have been issued to their winners. The award ceremony has been hold by the SIPO in Beijing, Mr. Tian Lipu, Commissioner of t

2012-08-28

AFD China Held a Seminar about Strategies for Patent Amendments before EPO

August 28, Dr. Katherine Green, counsel of MEWBURN ELLIS LLP, came to hold a seminar in the Beijing Office of AFD China. During the presentation, Dr. Katherine Green made an introduction to EPO Procedure and amendments at EPO. Dr. Katherine Green also pro

2012-08-03

AFD China Held a Lecture regarding Japanese Patent Practice

August 3, 2012, Mr. Araki Kazuhide, a Japanese patent attorney, was invited to give a lecture on the topic The Difference of the Examination of Inventiveness between the Patent Offices of Japan and China. The lecture covered several array of contents: arr

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