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.
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.
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.
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).
In March 2021, China National Intellectual Property Administration issued the proposed Administrative Adjudication of Major Patent Infringement Disputes (Draft for Public Comment).
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.
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”.
No, the agreement, at least the part relating to the organizational structure and internal governance matters, may not be arbitrable, says Beijing Second Intermediate People's Court in Tang v. Beijing XX Decoration Technology Company (2019).
While applying blockchain to ensure the authenticity of electronic data, Hangzhou Internet Court has been upgrading its evidence rules in reviewing such e-evidence.