Intellectual Property

A Supreme People's Court ruling has brought welcome clarity over whether OEM constitutes trademark use in China. However, it remains to be seen if the Court's finding will be applied to infringement cases

A Supreme People's Court ruling has brought welcome clarity over whether OEM constitutes trademark use in China. However, it remains to be seen if the Court's finding will be applied to infringement cases

I am thinking of setting up an R&D facility in China. I have read many horror stories about employees leaving with trade secrets. How should I structure my employment contracts to minimise risk?

Plans to amend China's Patent Law to give greater powers to administrative authorities could slow down the courts with appeals

Jerry Xia, Chief IP Counsel – North Asia for Honeywell, talks to China Law and Practice about how his company is investing more to develop new products that meet the needs of Chinese customers and what this means for his IP team

Professor Liu Chuntian won the Outstanding Achievement Award at China Law & Practice's awards ceremony last week. In this interview with Peter Leung of Managing IP, Liu speaks out on China's IP strategy and enforcement systems

New Measures from SIPO could see invention patents granted in a year, but questions remain over how many applications examiners can push through that quickly

Multinational pharmaceutical companies are facing strains on their revenues as many of their patents covering their biggest selling medicines are due to expire. But in China an SPC ruling on pen designs has shown that other IP rights could come to the rescue

China has identified a group of strategic emerging industries that it believes can help drive innovation and growth over the next 10 years. Benjamin Bai and Cecily Zhang explain why foreign investors need to understand the implications of this initiative