Gump Wang of Uni-intel Patent and Trademark Law Firm explores the strategic value of utility models, which have strong enforcement potential and play a crucial role in China’s patent system Utility ...

The utility industry business model has not strayed far from the initial industry structure developed over one hundred years ago. Is this model on target with the needs and objectives of the next ...

Recent guidelines from the China National Intellectual Property Administration, effective Jan. 1, have again put the spotlight on the value of Chinese utility models and the interplay between utility ...

Advancing efficient and equitable approaches to update the utility business model—motivated by emerging technological, policy and market conditions in the electric power sector—is crucial to the ...

There is a group of products that, because of their specific character, can be protected as industrial designs, as well as patents. The Polish IP Law also provides the protection of utility models.