Faster and Stronger Protection for New Technologies in China

There have been a series of amendments to China’s Patent Examination Guidelines over the past year, especially regarding the examination of applications for technologies concerning the internet, AI, big data, block chain and business methods. Unclear issues have been clarified and examination standards unified. Join Xiaofan Chen from AWA Asia’s Beijing office who will discuss the amendments in greater detail and what it means for patent applications from these technical areas in China.