Wed, 28 Apr 2021 China Law in One Minute CJO Staff Contributors Team
China promulgated its first-ever Civil Code (民法典) in May 2020.
Tue, 27 Apr 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
Wuhan Intermediate Court dismissed the application for reconsideration filed by Inter Digital on 4 Dec. 2020, three months after granting the anti-suit injunction.
Mon, 26 Apr 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
China National Intellectual Property Administration issued the Annual Work Guidelines for Promoting High-Quality Development of Intellectual Property (2021), which includes supporting policies for high-quality development of IP rights and lists its 22 tasks in 2021.
Sun, 25 Apr 2021 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
No more notarization and authentication of a power of attorney; online verification is what those living overseas and wishing to appoint a Chinese lawyer need.
Sun, 25 Apr 2021 Insights CJO Staff Contributors Team
A total of 185 representative offices of foreign law firms in China had passed the 2019 annual examination, according to statistics disclosed by the Ministry of Justice in November 2020.
Sat, 24 Apr 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
China's Supreme Court awarded CNY 159 million, the highest ever damages in a trade secrets case, in Jiaxing Zhonghua Chemical Co., Ltd. et al. v. Wanglong Group Co., Ltd. et al (2020).
Sat, 24 Apr 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In March 2021, China National Intellectual Property Administration issued the proposed Administrative Adjudication of Major Patent Infringement Disputes (Draft for Public Comment).
Sun, 18 Apr 2021 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋
In 2021, China's Supreme Court's Guiding Opinions on the Professional Judges Meeting set out the latest requirements for the implementation of this Tink-Tank mechanism.
Sun, 18 Apr 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
On 24 Feb. 2021, the National Database of Laws and Regulations was launched online, providing free legal search and inquiry service to the public.
Sun, 18 Apr 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
China's Supreme Court's Ten Typical technological IP cases (2020) covered both traditional and emerging technology fields and issued the first-ever “anti-suit injunction”.