Intellectual Property

• Handling disputes, trade secrets as data rules tighten

  Practitioners highlight the importance of advance preparation for litigation and arbitration, as well as a careful approach to IP, as data risks grow

  December 04, 2015

  

• Why China got excluded from the TPP

  A key reason for China being left out of the world's largest trade deal is the obstruction to innovation and competition caused by the lack of IP rights protection. Here are all the ways China needs to catch up

  November 26, 2015

  

• Anti-monopoly Committee of the State Council, Anti-monopoly Guidelines in Connection with the Abuse of Intellectual Property (Draft for Comments)

  国务院反垄断委员会关于滥用知识产权的反垄断指南 (征求意见稿)

  Draft guidelines issued to curb abuse of IP anti-monopoly cases.

  November 26, 2015

• Circular on Improving the Policy of Pre-tax Super-deduction of Research and Development Expenses

  关于完善研究开发费用税前加计扣除政策的通知

  The Circular expands the scope of super-deduction of research and development expenses.

  November 18, 2015

• Circular on Expanding the Implementation of Relevant Pilot Tax Policies of National Innovation Demonstration Zones on a Nationwide Basis

  关于将国家自主创新示范区有关税收试点政策推广到全国范围实施的通知

  Tax breaks for technology transfers expanded to the whole of China.

  November 12, 2015

• Circular on Expanding the Implementation of Relevant Pilot Tax Policies of National Innovation Demonstration Zones on a Nationwide Basis

  关于将国家自主创新示范区有关税收试点政策推广到全国范围实施的通知

  Tax breaks for technology transfers expanded to the whole of China.

  November 12, 2015

• Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, Decision on Authorizing the State Council to Launch a Pilot Project for the Marketing Authorization Holder System in Certain Regions and Relevant Issues Thereof

  全国人大常委会关于授权国务院在部分地方开展药品上市许可持有人制度试点和有关问题的决定

  China implements the MAH system.

  November 11, 2015

• Copyright regulator tightens grip on cloud storage

  Cloud computing service providers in China have to actively remove copyright-infringing content from their networks and put in place systems to prevent users from sharing such works. Rights owners welcome the development but data privacy concerns emerge

  November 06, 2015

  

• Circular on Regulating the Copyright Order in Cloud Storage Services

  关于规范网盘服务版权秩序的通知

  China cracks down on illegal uploading through cloud storage.

  November 05, 2015

• The fight for IP protection goes on

  知识产权保护的战事仍在继续

  This article is from the Intellectual Property chapter of the 2015 Annual Review and is available for download here.Kai Yang and Fengbo Tao of Liu Shen…

  October 15, 2015