Last week, Beijing IP Court received 6 complaints from Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. against Beijing Hengda Mall and Huawei Technology Co., Ltd. for patent infringement. Samsung is requesting a damage of CNY 160 Million (USD 24 Million).

Last week, Nokia Solutions and Networks announced that it has filed 4 lawsuit against Huawei Technology Co. and Huawei Terminal Company for patent infringement of 3 patents of Nokia before Eastern District of Texas . Back in July 5, Huawei started a patent lawsuit against T-Mobile, who is one of major client of Nokia.

Guangzhou IP Court was established on December 16 as one of the three IP Courts in China. From Dec 21, 2014 to Dec 31, 2015, Guangzhou IP Court has accepted 4,940 IP cases and closed 3,393 cases, with a total rate of case closed up to 68.68%. In Guangzhou IP Court, there are now altogether 13 presiding judges, each of which closed 261 cases on average every year. The number is 2.36 times of the average number of judges in Guangdong Province.

There are two types of patent in the Hong Kong: standard and short-term.
Protection under standard patents is renewable annually after the end of the third year, for a maximum of 20 years. Protection under short-term patents is renewable after four years from filing, for a maximum term of eight years.

On June 22, 2016, Guangzhou IP Court issue its first Preliminary Injunction on patent infringement case since its establishment in December 2014, ordering Guangzhou Wentan Trading Co., Ltd.

Qualcomm Inc, the largest mobile phone chipmaker, is filing a lawsuit in Beijing against a Chinese phone manufacturer, the first major test of a hard-won agreement with the government there to allow it to enforce its right to charge fees for the use of technology.