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China Intellectual Property Quarterly Newsletter 中国知识产权季度通讯 Summer 2009 / 2009 夏 In this Issue 2 Note from the Editors Recent Developments in Chinese Intellectual First, we would like to thank the many readers who provided feedback on our inaugural issue Property Law of the Morrison Foerster China Intellectual Property newsletter. We are glad that you found By Janet Xiao and the articles informative, and appreciate your comments on making the information as relevant Harris Gao to Chinese companies as possible. 10 Patent Filing Strategy for In this issue, we first discuss the Third Amendment to the Chinese Patent Law (“Third Chinese Companies After Amendment”) and the High Court’s recent Comments on implementing the National the Third Amendment: U.S. Provisional Patent IP strategy. We also discuss some strategic uses of continuation patent applications made Application possible by the Third Amendment. By Harris Gao This issue of the newsletter also discusses the implications of Chint v. Schneider, a case that has 14 received worldwide attention, and what the ruling means for both Chinese companies that hold Chint v. Schneider intellectual property assets and multinational companies accused of infringement in China. $23 Million Aberration or the Future of We are also happy to report two recent victories secured by Morrison Foerster LLP for Chinese Patent Litigation? Acon Laboratories, which has operations both in the U.S. and China; and Evapco, Inc, a U.S. By Mic