Studies of Legal Issues Related to the Implementation of the Patent Linkage System in China

摘要

The patent linkage system is a system designed to protect pharmaceutical patents. By analyzing the protection of pharmaceutical patents in China, this thesis mainly explores problems related to the implementation of the patent linkage system in the country, including such legislative, administrative, and judicial defects as inherent defects of current laws and regulations, inaction of functional departments, and no-infringement warranties becoming mere formalities, etc. , so as to come out with feasible suggestion(s) that conform(s) to the reality of China in order to help improve generic drug approval procedures, enhance the coordination between functional departments, and thereby facilitate the establishment of a sound patent linkage system.