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K-Insight recently passed the review process and officially became a member of the UN Global Compact (UNGC). This milestone marks our full alignment with the world’s leading frameworks for sustainable development and corporate responsibility, and stands as a landmark achievement in our commitment to compliance-focused legal services, global rule-of-law practice, and supporting high-quality corporate growth.
The Supreme People’s Court (SPC) overturned a first-instance judgment in a patent infringement case involving a German packaging company, clarifying the application of the prosecution history estoppel principle. The court held that a patentee’s emphasis on distinguishing its invention from prior art during prosecution, based on the rigidity of its material, did not constitute a clear disclaimer of all deformable plastic materials. The SPC found infringement, reversed the non-infringement ruling, and awarded damages to the patentee, Rose Plastic AG.
The Supreme People’s Court (SPC) overturned the first-instance judgment and the China National Intellectual Property Administration’s (CNIPA) decision that had invalidated the “Magnetic Repulsion Type Suspension Device” patent, establishing crucial principles on patent inventiveness and the weight of prior decisions.
