With the increasing number of expatriates working in China, the effective management of employment of foreign employees ...
It has come to the attention of many that the volume of outbound Renminbi (RMB) lending, sometimes known as Dim Sum loan...
On 22 March 2024, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) issued the Provisions on Promoting and Regulating Cross B...
The State Council of the PRC recently approved the draft of Implementation Rules of the Patent Law (the “Rules”) on Nove...
While intellectual property (IP) and competition laws both seek to promote economic efficiency and innovation, they do s...
On 23 November, the State Council issued its approval of the “Supporting Beijing in Deepening the Comprehensive Demonstr...
Preemptive trademark registration or trademark squatting is the act of applying for the registration of commercial ident...
Sinosure (officially known as China Export and Credit Insurance Corporation), is a state-owned export credit insurance a...
While formulating intellectual property strategy involves important factors such as background, timing, action choices a...
The importance of timing in an adversarial intellectual property (IP) strategy cannot be overstated. The author analysed...
The possible impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the legal industry has come into sharper focus amid the ChatGPT h...
Given the exclusivity of intellectual property, conflicts inevitably occur in confirming and safeguarding intellectual p...
Where the dispute resolution mechanism for a cross-border transaction is arbitration in an international arbitration ins...
Although the pandemic has had a significant impact on economies around the world this year, China’s buoyant economy has ...
The Antimonopoly Law prohibits restrictions on competition in the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC”) through the fol...
When an applicant for a trademark encounters an obstacle posed by an existing trademark, they usually take the course of...
Once right owners understand the importance of intellectual property (IP) protection, they generally pay corresponding a...
Criminal, civil and administrative intellectual property (IP) are the three major categories of judicially adjudicated I...
As one of the fastest-growing economies and most populous countries, China plays a crucial role in the regional and glob...
Copyright protection has long been a distressing issue for the right holders. On the one hand, copyright infringement is...
Large companies with competent intellectual property departments have comprehensive and refined plans for promoting thei...
For intellectual property protection, in addition to conventional IP protection mechanisms, it is also important to tail...
The process of discovery (disclosure) is a fundamental feature of civil litigation in common law jurisdictions.
With the strengthening of intellectual property (IP) protection, and constant updates to legislative and judicial interp...
A trademark serves to identify the source of goods or services, and original trademark rights are mainly derived from th...
In our previous article, we discussed cross-border security disputes and property preservation measures.
With the recent increase in defaults in cross-border financing and investment, we are frequently consulted on how to dea...
Under the Chinese Copyright Law, works created by the author and with originality are protected by copyright. There is n...
The post-pandemic economy still faces uncertainties brought on by the recurrence of the virus and a stricter regulatory ...
The fundamental function of a trademark is to identify the sources of goods/services so that a stable corresponding rela...
London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) is the most important and most common international market benchmark interest ra...
Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, China has further accelerated the process of exploring intellectual propert...
As intellectual property infringement occurs, the IP rights holder is often eager to take action to stop the infringemen...
The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress officially passed the Amendments to the Patent Law on October 1...
Sending a lawyer’s letter or company letter to cease infringement is one of the common means used by an IP rights holder...
It is clear that the protection of intellectual property (IP) in China is gathering strength.
In practice, there are many brand rights holders (brand owners) using trademarks in China that they have never registere...
Intellectual property rights infringement is increasingly complex, and the protection strategy against it often needs co...
Lots of companies that have just started intellectual property (IP) protection often ask many questions, for example, ca...
The importance of evidence in intellectual property (IP) cases is self-evident.
In the internet era, domain names are increasingly becoming an important conveyance of brand messages and brand image.
After discovery of infringement, intellectual property (IP) right holders filing administrative complaint, civil litigat...
When it comes to intellectual property (IP) dispute resolution, normally the general public thinks of court litigation.
In recent years, I have dealt with manyinfringement as well as contract litigation cases.
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