Features & Analyses

• Qualcomm and Chinese regulators settle AML charges

  Qualcomm has agreed to a fine of Rmb60.88 billion (US$975 million) stemming from a finding that its patent licensing practices violated China's Anti-monopoly Law, as well as conditions that echo last year's InterDigital agreement

  February 12, 2015

• Carbon trading: A new dawn in China

  China has kicked off pilot carbon emission trading projects in seven provinces. Businesses on the list of key emitters should engage with the NDRC as soon as possible

  February 09, 2015

• Carbon trading: A new dawn in China

  China has kicked off pilot carbon emission trading projects in seven provinces. Businesses on the list of key emitters should engage with the NDRC as soon as possible

  February 09, 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

• 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