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Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court on the Application of Laws in the Trial of Technology Contract Disputes (Interpretation No. 20 of 2004), China

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Year of Version 2004 Dates Entry into force: January 1, 2005 Promulgated: December 16, 2004 Adopted: November 30, 2004 Type of Text Implementing Rules/Regulations Subject Matter Transfer of Technology Notes Judicial interpretation promulgated by Supreme People's Court on 16 December 2004 and effective as of 1 January 2005. The judicial interpretation governs the trial of cases on disputes over technology contracts; mainly specifying several kinds of technology contracts, as well as relevant procedural issues.

Available Texts Main text(s) Main text(s) Chinese 最高人民法院关于审理技术合同纠纷案件适用法律若干问题的解释（法释[2004]20号） PDF HTML
Legislation Implements (5 text(s)) Implements (5 text(s))
Civil Procedure Law of the People’s Republic of China (amended up to June 27, 2017) (CN437)
Civil Procedure Law of the People’s Republic of China (as amended by the Decision of August 31, 2012, on Amending the Civil Procedure Law of the People’s Republic of China) (CN189)
Patent Law of the People’s Republic of China (as amended up to the Decision of December 27, 2008, of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on Amending the Patent Law of the People's Republic of China)  (CN028)
Patent Law of the People’s Republic of China (as amended by the Decision of August 25, 2000, of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress on Amending the Patent Law of the People’s Republic of China) (CN022)
Contract Law of the People’s Republic of China (adopted by the National People’s Congress on March 15, 1999, and promulgated by the Presidential Order No. 15) (CN137)
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Decision of the Supreme People's Court Amending Eighteen Judicial Interpretations on Intellectual Property, including Interpretation (II) of the Supreme People's Court on the Application of Laws in the Trial of Disputes Regarding the Infringement of Patent Rights (Interpretation No. 19 of 2020) (CN424)
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Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court on the Application of Laws in the Trial of Technology Contract Disputes (Interpretation No. 20 of 2004, amended up to December 23, 2020) (CN433)

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