Printing Patent & Publishing House in People's Court

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 02/14/2006 - 12:00pm.

Patent problems in China? I thought patent problems were unique to the U.S. The website shanghaidaily.com is reporting that a teacher, Gui Binrong, is suing a publisher over a patent she applied a for in 2001 and received in 2003.

Gui didn't come up with technology to emboss the cover of books, she just holds a patent on the idea of using embossed characters and pictures. She doesn't claim to hold the rights to embossed charters on books aimed at adult readers, however.