China Law News

Despite the rapid progress China has made in IP protection, two issues stood out at the INTA Annual Meeting this week – the weaknesses in the latest amendments to the Trademark Law and the challenges of enforcing against counterfeiters

This week the police charged GlaxoSmithKline with corruption and bribery, Alibaba set up a film company in Hong Kong and State Grid spent billions on a nationwide power network

The CBRC issued regulations for banks in the Shanghai Free Trade Zone, the CIRC tightened capital requirements of pooled fund trust plans and the CSRC has set guidelines for review committees in listed companies' acquisition and restructuring

This week the SEC sued five consultants for manipulating Chinese companies' stocks, Sina was fined and threatened with licence revocation and Nike thought about moving factories to avoid strikes

The State Council has revised the Implementing Regulations for the PRC Trademark Law and MOFCOM and SAT have launched a pilot project imposing VAT on the telecommunications sector

The new Civil Procedure Law has broadened the scope of interim injunctions. But IP rights owners are waiting for clarity about how this important tool will be applied in practice

The new Civil Procedure Law has broadened the scope of interim injunctions. But IP rights owners are waiting for clarity about how this important tool will be applied in practice

The PRC Environmental Protection Law has been amended, the Shanghai Stock Exchange has launched the pilot programme linking trading with Hong Kong and SAFE has eased foreign exchange fund operations

This week the SPC released its 2013 IP Protection paper, ICBC purchased Turkey's Tekstilbank, pork giant WH Group postponed its massive IPO, the Environmental Protection Law was amended and Qualcomm continued its downward spiral