After almost a decade, Michael Jordan has finally secured a major victory in his protracted legal battle against a Chinese sportswear company over the use of his name.
January 05, 2021
Intellectual Property
Revised Patent Law enhances protection of designs
November 20, 2020Fang Qi and Danlei Wu of Fangda Partners highlight the main provisions in the recently introduced Fourth Amendment to the PRC Patent Law, which aims to establish a patent linkage system for patents in the pharmaceuticals industry, bring about significant changes to the design patent regime, strengthen patent protection against infringement and tackle the issue of abuse of patent rights
November 12, 2020NPCSC passes new biosecurity law targeting human genetic resources management and collection; national omnibus export control law adopted amid trade war tensions; and amended patent law further strengthens IP protection in China
October 19, 2020Timothy Bickham, Matthew Bathon, Michael Flynn-O'Brien and Hui Shen of Steptoe & Johnson LLP discuss the patent infringement battle between Autel Robotics, which they represented, and DJI and the strategies used to enable smaller or foreign companies facing patent litigation in the United States to not only defend but counter-attack a much larger opponent
October 15, 2020SPC clarifies the submission of new evidence in patent cases
October 12, 2020A long-term stable trading relationship solely is not sufficient to constitute a trade secret
September 28, 2020Applicants for administrative permission are required to expressly indicate the key confidentiality points
September 04, 2020Patent Law draft clarifies open licensing
July 17, 2020Foreign banks' local branches can apply for fund custody licenses, fulfilling trade deal pledge; China's securities watchdog names and shames illegal margin lenders as fears grow of 2015 market rout repeat; and State Council announces sixth batch of FTZ reform measures to be rolled out nationwide
July 13, 2020
