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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), China
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Year of Version
2000
Dates
Amended up to:
August 25, 2000
Entry into force:
April 1, 1985
Adopted:
March 12, 1984
Type of Text
Main IP Laws
Subject Matter
Patents (Inventions),
Utility Models,
Industrial Designs
Subject Matter (secondary)
Enforcement of IP and Related Laws,
IP Regulatory Body,
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
Notes
This second revision of China’s Patent Law incorporates all the amendments up to the Decision of August 25, 2000, on Amending the Patent Law (the second amendment).
For the amendments made by the second amendment, see:
-Article 1, 3, 6, 8, 10-11, 14, 16, 19-21, 23
-Article 36, 39-50, 52, 53, 55, 57-63, 66-68
The notification by China to the WTO under Article 63.2 of TRIPs states:
'The Law provides that industrial designs can be applied to be protected as a patent. Article 66 of the Law provides for the provisional measures before litigation.”
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中华人民共和国专利法 (修订至2000年8月25日全国人民代表大会常务委员会《关于修改〈中华人民共和国专利法〉的决定》; 中华人民共和国主席令第11号公布)
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IP/N/1/CHN/I/1
WIPO Lex No.
CN022