Guidelines for the Administrative Enforcement of Patents (Draft for Comment)
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Intellectual Property: A Key to Sustainable Competitiveness Guidelines for the Administrative Enforcement of Patents (Draft for Comment) State Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China Intellectual Property: A Key to Sustainable Competitiveness Table of Contents Chapter 1 General provisions ............................................................................................................ 1 Part 1 Basic principles of administrative enforcement of patents ............................................ 1 1.1.1 Principle of administration according to law ......................................................... 1 1.1.2 Principle of active case handling ........................................................................... 1 1.1.3 Principle of openness and fairness ......................................................................... 1 1.1.4 Principle of convenience and efficiency ................................................................ 1 1.1.5 Principle of feasibility and innovation ................................................................... 1 Part 2 Jurisdiction .................................................................................................................... 2 1.2.1 Jurisdiction by hierarchy ........................................................................................ 2 1.2.2 Jurisdiction by region ............................................................................................. 2 1.2.3 Transfer and designation of jurisdiction ................................................................. 3 1.2.4 Objection to jurisdiction ........................................................................................ 3 Part 3 Recusal .......................................................................................................................... 3 1.3.1 Voluntary recusal.................................................................................................... 3 1.3.2 Recusal request ...................................................................................................... 4 1.3.3 Approval on recusal ............................................................................................... 4 Part 4 Agency ........................................................................................................................... 4 1.4.1 Statutory agent and entrusted agent ....................................................................... 4 1.4.2 Notes on entrusted agency ..................................................................................... 4 Part 5 Service ........................................................................................................................... 5 1.5.1 Service and acknowledgment of service ................................................................ 5 1.5.2 Service method ...................................................................................................... 5 Chapter 2 Handling of patent infringement disputes ........................................................................ 7 Part 1 Case receipt and examination of case acceptance ......................................................... 7 2.1.1 Receipt ................................................................................................................... 7 2.1.2 The parties .............................................................................................................. 7 2.1.3 Case acceptance examination ................................................................................ 7 2.1.4 Steps of case acceptance ...................................................................................... 12 2.1.5 Statement of defense ............................................................................................ 13 Part 2 Investigation and evidence collection .......................................................................... 13 2.2.1 Application to administrative departments of patents for investigation and evidence collection ....................................................................................................... 13 2.2.2 Site investigation .................................................................................................. 14 2.2.3 Evidence collection .............................................................................................. 15 2.2.4 Transcripts preparation ........................................................................................ 16 2.2.5 Site identification ................................................................................................. 17 2.2.6 Technical appraisals ............................................................................................. 18 Part 3 Case proceedings ......................................................................................................... 18 2.3.1 Preparations before oral proceedings ................................................................... 18 2.3.2 Holding of oral proceedings ................................................................................. 19 2.3.3.1 Suspension of oral proceedings ........................................................................ 23 2.3.4 Suspension and resumption of proceedings ......................................................... 25 Part 4 Verification of evidence ............................................................................................... 27 2.4.1 Evidence types ..................................................................................................... 27 2.4.2 General principles of evidence verification ......................................................... 27 2.4.3 Examination and verification of a single item of evidence .................................. 28 2.4.4 Verification of weights of several items of evidence ........................................... 29 2.4.5 Evidence that could not be used as the sole basis for deciding facts ................... 29 2.4.6 Statements of reasons for relying on a certain item of evidence .......................... 29 2.4.7 Verification of foreign evidence ........................................................................... 29 Part 5 Case closing ................................................................................................................. 30 2.5.1 Manners of case closing ....................................................................................... 30 2.5.2 Time limit for case closing ................................................................................... 30 2.5.3 Deliberations ........................................................................................................ 30 2.5.4 Details of manners of case closing ....................................................................... 31 2.5.5 Approval for case closing .................................................................................... 34 2.5.6 Service of case closing instruments ..................................................................... 34 2.5.7 Handling of repeated infringements ..................................................................... 34 2.5.8 Filing of case materials ........................................................................................ 35 2.5.9 Special notes ........................................................................................................ 35 Part 6 Execution and disclosure ............................................................................................. 35 2.6.1 Enforceability of handling decisions .................................................................... 35 2.6.2 Voluntary performance and site supervision ........................................................ 35 2.6.3 Application for coercive execution ...................................................................... 36 2.6.4 Disclosure of case information ............................................................................ 37 Chapter 3 Investigation and handling of patent passing-offs .......................................................... 38 Part 1 Case acceptance ........................................................................................................... 38 3.1.1 Case source .......................................................................................................... 38 3.1.2 Requirements for case acceptance ....................................................................... 38 3.1.3 Time limit for case acceptance ............................................................................. 38 3.1.4 Approval for case acceptance ............................................................................... 39 Part 2 Investigation and evidence collection .......................................................................... 39 3.2.1 Preparations for investigation and evidence Collection ....................................... 39 3.2.2 Implementation of investigation and evidence collection .................................... 39 3.2.3 Administrative coercive measures ....................................................................... 42 Part 3 Opinions of case closing .............................................................................................. 43 3.3.1 Formation of case settlement opinions ................................................................. 43 3.3.2 Approval for case closing opinions .....................................................................