A new wave of copycat items is flooding China's already-saturated market for counterfeits. But IP owners should worry less about the products, and more about the thinking behind them.
May 09, 2009
Features & Analyses
The Court presents its most significant IP cases of 2008.
May 09, 2009The Supreme People's Court sets out more detailed plans for the implementation of a number of the reforms contained in the State Council's 2008 National IPR Strategy.
May 09, 2009China recently suffered its biggest-ever food safety incident, involving Sanlu Dairy. The country's product liability laws are now undergoing unprecedented change. By Satpal Gobindpuri and Sammy Fang, DLA Piper.
May 09, 2009China has recently taken several significant steps to speed up the development of a more uniform and modern regulatory framework for its telecoms industry. By Damien Bailey, Simmons & Simmons.
May 09, 2009Utility model patents are simple, quick and cheap to file in China. They can also be used as a weapon against under-prepared foreign companies, for as long as 10 years.
May 09, 2009China's M&A Rules effectively blocked domestic Chinese companies from raising money on overseas capital markets. But recent Ministry of Commerce guidelines may have provided a way out. By Zhou Jiaxing, Or & Partners, Hong Kong.
May 09, 2009China continues to take steps towards unifying its approach to intellectual property with the development and codification of a national strategy. CLP presents an analysis of some of the biggest IP-related issues affecting those who do business in the PRC.
May 09, 2009China continues to take steps towards unifying its approach to intellectual property with the development and codification of a national strategy. CLP presents an analysis of some of the biggest IP-related issues affecting those who do business in the PRC.
May 08, 2009Amendments to China's insurance law have been under discussion for a decade. But some changes may have been rushed through to meet the demands of a struggling economy.
April 16, 2009