Company: CAAS
Filing Date: 2025-08-04
Form Type: 424B3
Source: 0001104659-25-073486
Chunk: 84

Company: China Automotive Systems, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-08-04
Form: 424B3
Chunk 84
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 in patent application documents or patent documents
published after the filing date. Creativity means that, compared with existing technology, an invention has prominent substantial features
and represents notable progress, and a utility model has substantial features and represents any progress. Practical applicability means
an invention or utility model can be manufactured or used and may produce positive results. Patents in China are filed with the State
Intellectual Property Office, or SIPO. Normally, the SIPO publishes an application for an invention patent within 18 months after the
filing date, which may be shortened at the request of the applicant. The applicant must apply to the SIPO for a substantive examination
within 3 years from the date of application.

On November 15, 2021, the SIPO issued an
announcement on the Measures for the Registration of Patent Pledges. The announcement stipulates that the SIPO is responsible for the
registration of patent pledges. Where the patent right is pledged, the pledgor and the pledgee shall enter into a written contract. The
pledgor and the pledgee shall jointly register with the SIPO for the registration of the pledge of the patent right. The pledge of the
patent right shall be established at the time of registration with the SIPO.

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Regulations on Copyrights

The PRC Copyright Law, which became effective
on June 1, 1991, and amended in 2001, 2010 and 2020, provides that Chinese citizens, legal persons, or other organizations own copyrights
in their copyrightable works, whether published or not, which include, works of literature, art, natural science, social science, engineering
technology, and computer software. Copyright owners enjoy certain legal rights, including the right of publication, right of authorship,
and right of reproduction. The Copyright Law as revised in 2010 extends copyright protection to internet activities, products disseminated
over the internet, and software products. In addition, the Copyright Law provides for a voluntary registration system administered by
the China Copyright Protection Center. Pursuant to the Copyright Law, an infringer of a copyright is subject to various civil liabilities,
which include ceasing infringement activities, apologizing to the copyright owners, and compensating the loss of the copyright owners.
Infringers of copyrights may also be subject to fines and/or administrative or criminal liabilities in severe situations.

Pursuant to the Computer Software Copyright Protection
Regulations promulgated by the State Council