Mon, 31 Oct 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In September 2022, China's Supreme People's Court issued a final jurisdictional ruling on the Nokia v OPPO case and rejected Nokia's appeal.
Civil Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China
Fri, 21 Feb 2020 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋
No, but people's assessors exist in China, who, together with judges, will form a collegial panel to hear cases in specific circumstances.
Wed, 29 Jan 2020 Insights Chenyang Zhang 张辰扬 , Yue Wu 武悦
Don't forget about the series of formality requirements, apart from pleadings and evidence, so as to get ready for the civil litigation in China.
Sun, 07 Jul 2019 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
Chinese courts are studying how to protect the parties’ trade secrets from disclosure during litigation.
Fri, 05 Jul 2019 Insights Chenyang Zhang 张辰扬
How do Chinese courts determine the types of disputes, i.e., the causes of action("案由"), in civil cases? What can we know from the causes of action?
Sat, 29 Jun 2019 Insights Chenyang Zhang 张辰扬
China's hierarchical trial system for civil cases can be summarized as "2+1+1".
Sun, 10 Mar 2019 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
In China, service of process not only occupies a significant number of resources of the courts, but also delays the progress in case hearing. Why?
Fri, 15 Feb 2019 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
In most cases, Chinese courts do not support the defendant's motion to dismiss on FNC grounds, but tend to exercise jurisdiction over relevant cases. The case of Singapore Chi Cheng Pte. Ltd. et al. v. SinCo Technologies Pte. Ltd. is a classic example of the judicial practice in China.
Wed, 13 Feb 2019 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
Chinese courts rarely dismiss a case on forum non conveniens (FNC) ground. Grace Young International Ltd. v. Seoil Agency Co. Ltd. is currently one of the only two cases in which the Chinese courts grant an FNC dismissal.
Thu, 07 Feb 2019 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
In China’s civil litigation, judges attach the greatest importance to the documentary evidence. The role of witness testimony and physical evidence is almost negligible.