Competition Law

The Anti-monopoly Law’s next stage
China’s antitrust regulators recently released new draft regulations that address, among other key clarifications, the enforcement of prohibitions in the anti-monopoly law. However, one notable area the draft omits is how the competition rules will treat intellectual property

China in-house interview: Embracing the long arm of the law
Beijing-based Bin Zhou, vice president and general counsel at Sony China, speaks with CLP about his company’s experiences with the anti-monopoly law (AML)

Supreme People’s Court, Annual Report on Intellectual Property Cases (2009) (Abstract) [Full Text Translation]
最高人民法院知识产权案件年度报告 （2009） （摘要）
The Report selects 37 intellectual property cases on which the Supreme People’s Court has rendered final conclusive opinions addressing issues such as the application of the doctrine of estoppel, retroactive effect of a decision declaring a patent invalid and determination of the legitimate use of a descriptive trademark.

Supreme People’s Court, Annual Report on Intellectual Property Cases (2009) (Abstract) [Legislation Digest]
最高人民法院知识产权案件年度报告 (2009) (摘要)
SPC issues conclusive opinions on typical IP cases.

Equality under the Anti-monopoly Law

Ministry of Commerce, Measures for the Review for Concentrations of Business Operators [Legislation Digest]
商务部经营者集中审查办法
Restrictive conditions may be imposed on a concentration transaction.

Ministry of Commerce, Measures for the Reporting of Concentrations of Business Operators [Legislation Digest]
商务部经营者集中申报办法
Calculation of the business turnover of a business operator in a concentration clarified.

Measures for the Review for Concentrations of Business Operators [Full Text Translation]
经营者集中审查办法
With a view to eliminating or reducing the effect of eliminating or restricting competition that the concentration of business operators has or could have, restrictive conditions may be imposed on a concentration transaction.

Measures for the Reporting of Concentrations of Business Operators [Full Text Translation]
经营者集中申报办法
Calculation of the business turnover of a business operator in a concentration clarified.