Dispute Resolution

Clarifies what constitutes well-known commodities and infringement of business secrets. Yan Xun reviews the key issues affecting intellectual property rights owners in China.

By Jerry Yulin [email protected] May 18, 2006, the State Council issued the Regulations on Protection of Information Network…

By Wei Lily [email protected] reports in the PRC media have exposed an "underground pattern" of bank loan frauds…

Howard Yinghao Yang suggests how practitioners can structure arbitration clauses under the new rules and interpretations to ensure enforcement of awards both domestically and internationally.

Promulgated: August 27 2006Effective: January 1 2007Main contents: Standing committees of people's congresses at all levels shall select several important…

By Margaret [email protected]: www.freshfields.comThe economic changes that took place in China in the 1980s led to, amongst other…

Issued: November 12 2006Main contents: From the date of the issue of this Circular, all higher people's courts shall, in respect of cases within their…

The United States and Taiwan are among China's top trading partners. How do Chinese companies navigate two different legal systems to recover their losses from defaulting parties?

By Song [email protected]: www.haiwen-law.comIn February 2006, the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) issued a revised…