Venture capital firm's Chinese investment to be reviewed by U.S. Treasury; Small-scale M&A on the rise despite trade tensions, sluggish growth; and U.S. Congressmen urge delisting of 25 Chinese groups from U.S. exchanges.
SAMR adds new forms in which illegal acts of abusive administrative power to eliminate or restrict competition manifest, and clarifies the “appropriate confidentiality measures” in trade secrets protection. Permanent supplementation of working capital constitute a change in the purpose of offering proceeds
CATL and Ant Group’s planned listings could break recent HK IPO records; The lowering of U.S. drug prices will impact Chinese drugmakers; and U.S. House passes sanctions bill targeting trade secret theft by China.
Standards are released specifying compliance audits of personal information protection and technical requirements for the minor mode for mobile internet. State Council extends the protection scope of new plant varieties.
Chinese exporters ship goods through third countries to conceal true origin; China’s stringent cross-border data transfer rules force European pause in funding of scientific research; and Draft revisions of arbitration law aim to increase oversight and international cooperation on arbitration cases
Beijing IP Court issues first ruling on protecting AI model parameters; Chinese pharma companies are using “NewCo” strategy to expand overseas; and China reduces entry restrictions for select industries.
CSRC exempts state secrets from company disclosure. SPC differentiates the secrecy of technical secrets and the novelty and inventiveness of patents, and defines “same kind of good or service” in criminal IP cases.
China eases cross-border data transfer restrictions for financial institutions; Trade war prompts plan to open up service sector; and new law firm anti-money laundering regulations to align with international standards
CAC defines the necessity for overseas transfer of personal data. Zhejiang formulates the first data negative list in China for e-commerce (business-to-business). Law firms are required to establish a client due diligence system for anti-money laundering purposes.
The Cyberspace Administration clarifies its approach to the export of personal and important information out of China; UK weighs whether to include China in foreign influence disclosure rules; and Burberry wins online trademark infringement suit.
