Intellectual Property

China’s IP protection regime has been steadily improving, driven more by the needs to serve domestic innovation, than foreign concerns.

The National People’s Congress approves a new comprehensive Foreign Investment Law; China plans to streamline trademark registrations; IP lawsuits soar in China for a second year, and Macao comes under pressure to improve its gaming regulations.

Mainland China and Hong Kong/Macao make progress in reciprocal enforcement of judgments

China adopts new rules for patent agencies; new CSRC boss Yi Huiman warns of market risks; and the government is urged to relax rules on ride-hailing driver services.

SIPO defines irregular trademark application

China lays out a blueprint for a 11-city metropolitan area, while Washington and Beijing make progress in months-long trade negotiations.

Adrian Lv and Huanhao He of Han Kun Law Offices speak to China Law & Practice on the implication of China's draft Foreign Investment Law on various sectors and what lawyers need to know when the law comes into force.

Yan Wang, Xiaowei Wei and Rui Luo, partners at Han Kun Law Offices share with China Law & Practice the unique system of China’s patent legislation, and how the open-door policy has influenced China’s IP policies to match that of international standards, and how the newly drafted patent legislation will set China up for a successful run in being an IP hub

An IP tribunal is set up to hear complex IP cases

Patent infringement penalties will be increased