China To Implement New Regulations For Patent Law; Companies Should Set Up Inventor Reward Policy To Prepare For Changes
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive Summary
SHANGHAI - China's State Council recently approved new implementation regulations for the country's Patent law, which clarifies procedural issues in line with new changes to the patent law that took effect last year
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