Intellectual Property

Claimant's burden of proof may be reduced for monopolistic agreements that have serious anti-competitive effects.

Apple has published a statement highlighting a victory over Proview in a Hong Kong court that is interesting, but irrelevant.

Timeline of Apple's ongoing dispute with Proview Technology Shenzhen

Chinese officials confiscated Apple's iPads from shops last week as Proview Technology began to assert its trademark rights

There is more to dispute resolution in China than meets the eye. By making strategic choices, foreign businesses can maximise their chances of winning anti-monopoly and IP disputes

The Catalogue has been revised since the 2007 revision. Venture investment enterprises and intellectual property services are added to the encouraged category while the manufacture of assembled automobiles is removed from the category.

The prior art defence strategy has become increasingly important and popular for alleged infringers in patent cases. However, its framework suffers from uncertainty and some technical defects

New developments in e-commerce regulation bring the issue of intellectual property infringement and the liability of e-commerce operators to light. A landmark case in China removed the defence of the “Safe Harbor Principle” for the first time, and should serve as an admonition to online platforms

Online businesses operating in a legal limbo