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Paradise Lost in the Global Patent Landscape - An Allegorical Analysis of Chinese Utility Models Abusive Filing Strategies and the Illusion of Reform
This ByteLaw® Invention Session uses the allegory of John Milton’s Paradise Lost to analyze the systemic flaws and recent transformations within the Chinese intellectual property landscape. It describes how the historical lack of rigorous examination for Utility Models created a "bridge" for bad-faith actors to flood the market with low-quality or "junk" patents used for extortion and litigation. These abusive strategies, such as patent thicketing and exploiting bifurcated legal proceedings, have severely disrupted global innovation and freedom-to-operate standards. While the paper…
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