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Overview of Changes (cont.)<br />
Compulsory license issues<br />
Co-ownership<br />
Double patenting restricted<br />
Inventor remuneration required<br />
– Applicable to foreign enterprises<br />
– Policy or agreement can override<br />
Issues specific to certain types of patents<br />
– Disclosure rules for inventions relying on “genetic resources”<br />
– Changes relating to design patents<br />
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Foreign Filing/Confidentiality<br />
Review<br />
First filing requirement under the previous law<br />
– PRC Patent Law required that “any PRC entity or<br />
individual” must first file in China for its inventions<br />
made in China<br />
The Third Amendment replaces the first filing<br />
requirement with a confidentiality review system<br />
for an invention or utility model made in China<br />
– Content review required to prevent national security<br />
leaks<br />
– Similar to U.S. foreign filing license requirement<br />
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