Nate Bush and Della Ding of DLA Piper and Ray Xu of Shanghai Kaiman Law Firm assess the implications for dominant firms of recent amendments to China's key anti-monopoly legislation and proposed revisions to its implementing rules.
August 12, 2022
Intellectual Property
SAMR defines the relevant product market for antitrust involving IP
July 29, 2022A U.S. prosecutor has raised concerns over China's data retention policy. Another foreign brand, Manolo Blahnik, wins its case in a two-decade-long trademark fight. The CAC imposes a fine of more than RMB 8 billion on Didi for serious violations of national and data security.
July 27, 2022Revised Anti-monopoly Law includes provisions on hub and spoke conspiracies
July 22, 2022While China's first-ever NFT court ruling added stricter burdens to marketplaces and led to some NFT bans, many think it is setting the stage for the growth of the digital asset market in the country.
July 11, 2022Cindy Zhen of Hui Ye Law Firm takes a close look at China's first court decision relating to non-fungible tokens, and finds it may have a significant impact on the country's digital landscape
June 24, 2022Timothy C. Bickham, Stephen Yang, Meihui (May) Xiao and Nikki C. Vlahos of Steptoe & Johnson LLP explore the significance and impact of China's recent accession to the Hague Agreement. Although there is some work to be done, this is likely to be a game-changer in the field of design rights protection
June 17, 2022The Beijing Intellectual Property Court recently issued the first-ever decision in a dispute between a brand-name and a generic drug company under China's newly-created patent linkage regime. Fang Qi and Danlei Wu of Fangda Partners examine the decision and its implications
June 09, 2022Technical IP cases are handled by IP courts and intermediate people's courts
June 02, 2022Danlei Wu of Fangda Partners shines a light on the Supreme People's Court's latest IP annual report, and shows how the SPC is leading the way in developing China's litigation landscape
May 20, 2022
