Litigation activities have a growing impact on enterprise patent applications. According to the research report of professional organizations, the more patent lawsuits, the more patent applications the company has. This is the viewpoint put forward in the Observation Report on Internet Technology Innovation Patents (20 16) (hereinafter referred to as the report). The report was recently jointly published by Peking University Internet Law Center and China Science and Technology Law Society. Zhang Ping, a professor at Peking University Law School, said that the research team selected the 20 most active high-tech Internet companies in China market and observed the innovation of Internet companies through patent data.
First, patents are protected by patent law, each law is different, and there is no transnational protection. The trademarks are all the same. Second, to protect patents in the United States, you have to obtain patents authorized by the US Patent Office. Third, there are many transnational patent agreements, such as PCT. You can file a U.S. patent application in the U.S. Patent Office within 1 year after the filing date in China, which is the so-called priority, and is not affected by the previous patent application in China. Whether you can get an American patent depends on whether you meet other licensing conditions in the United States.