Company: ZDAN
Filing Date: 2025-07-28
Form Type: F-1/A
Source: 0001683168-25-005450
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Company: Zerolimit Technology Holding Co. Ltd.
Filing Date: 2025-07-28
Form: F-1/A
Chunk 189
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 and the Patent Cooperation
Treaty.

Patents

According to the Patent
Law of the PRC promulgated by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress on March 12, 1984, with the
current effective version in effect as of June 1, 2021, and the Implementation Rules of the Patent Law of the PRC, which
was promulgated by the State Council in June 2001 and last amended in December 2023, there are three types of patents in the PRC:
invention patents, utility model patents and design patents. The protection period is 20 years for an invention patent, 10 years for
a utility model patent and 15 years for a design patent, which terms commence from their respective application dates. The Chinese
patent system adopts a “first-to-file” principle, which means that where more than one person files a patent application
for the same invention, a patent will be granted to the person who files the application first. To be patentable, invention or
utility models must meet three criteria demonstrating: novelty, inventiveness and practicability. A third party must obtain consent
or a proper license from the patent owner to use the patent. Otherwise, the use constitutes an infringement of the patent rights.
Any individual or entity that utilizes a patent or conducts any other activities that infringe upon a patent without prior
authorization of the patent holder shall pay compensation to the patent holder and is subject to a fine imposed by relevant
administrative authorities and, if constituting a crime, shall be held criminally liable in accordance with the law. According to
the Patent Law of the PRC, any organization or individual that applies for a patent in a foreign country for an invention or utility
model patent established in China is required to report to the National Intellectual Property Administration, or the
“NIPA,” for confidentiality examination.

Copyright

Copyright in the PRC, including
copyrighted software, is principally protected under the Copyright Law of the PRC and related rules and regulations. Under the Copyright
Law, promulgated in September of 1990, implemented in June of 1991, amended in October 2001, February 2010 and November 2020,
and effective on June 1, 2021, the term of protection for copyrighted software is 50 years. The Regulation on the Protection of the
Right to Communicate Works to the Public over Information Networks, as most recently amended on January 30,