Features & Analyses

• SIPO orders patent offices to get tough

  New draft patent administrative enforcement rules call for local officials to increase their professionalism and promises greater transparency. But do they go far enough?

  February 06, 2015

• SIPO orders patent offices to get tough

  New draft patent administrative enforcement rules call for local officials to increase their professionalism and promises greater transparency. But do they go far enough?

  February 06, 2015

• How to navigate through M&A structures – Taiwan Focus

  While Taiwan is open to various structures of listed company acquisitions, it applies a more rigid legal regime to backdoor listings. Shareholders can protect themselves by complying with these rules

  February 02, 2015

• Using claim construction to win patent disputes – Taiwan Focus

  Claim construction rulings can predict the outcome of patent infringement litigations. Understanding how the compromising claim system works, the language and meaning of descriptions and how to present the right evidence can help protect your patents

  January 30, 2015

• China revamps foreign investment rules, tackles VIEs

  The new Foreign Investment Law unifies regulations, offers equal treatment and brings variable interest entity structures into the open

  January 30, 2015

• China revamps foreign investment rules, tackles VIEs

  The new Foreign Investment Law unifies regulations, offers equal treatment and brings variable interest entity structures into the open

  January 30, 2015

• Collective bargaining explained – Taiwan Focus

  Taiwan's employment laws allow workers to form labour unions and require companies to establish labour-management conferences. Here is everything you need to know about collective bargaining and setting the right working conditions

  January 27, 2015

• MediaTek interview: Targeting trade secrets and the courts – Taiwan Focus

  Wei-Fu Hsu, general counsel of MediaTek, shares how he helped change Taiwan's trade secret law, explains how IP protection works in the jurisdiction and describes the challenges of the MStar acquisition

  January 23, 2015

• Listed company M&A and restructuring gets overhauled

  While the CSRC's new rules on the takeover and restructuring of listed companies eliminate restrictions and simplify the approval process, they also increase information disclosure requirements and regulatory supervision. Will this achieve market balance?

  January 16, 2015

• Clamping down on online personal data privacy

  The Supreme People's Court's interpretation on disputes involving the online infringement of personal rights clarifies ISP liability, the scope of information covered and rule for social media. But more specific guidelines and case studies are needed to fill the gaps

  January 15, 2015