Intellectual Property

Three types of items not treated as royalties.

The Circular clarifies the amounts or remuneration that shall not be treated as royalties but rather as income derived from service activities.

A Shanghai court has dismissed an abuse of dominance case against two Chinese online entertainment companies, providing encouragement for dominant companies…

RouseMai [email protected] the end of 2008 the Hangzhou Intermediate People's Court ruled against a famous US footwear and apparel maker in a trade…

Written contract needed for pledge of trade mark right.

Lex OrbisManisha Singh [email protected] the spectrum and prominence of the Internet widens, the issues that dwell out of its use also acquire…

A finalist for In-House Team of the Year at the recent CLP Awards, Shanda Interactive Entertainment [Shanda Games since its IPO] has enjoyed an extremely busy year closing a series of transactions in an unprecedented investor climate. Shanghai-based general counsel Thomas Yih speaks with CLP

Rouse Sophia [email protected] is now eight years since China's trade mark law was amended to provide for the registration of 3-D marks. The law…

The Measures detail the procedures for record filing of intellectual property rights with customs, customs detention of alleged infringing goods and customs handling of infringing goods.