By Manisha Singh NairLexOrbis Intellectual Property PracticeCopyright is a right given by the law to the creators of literary, dramatic, musical and artistic…
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The Provisions lay down the criteria under which a people's court should accepts a civil case on conflicts between prior rights and registered trademarks or enterprise names.
In recent years, the number of cases concerning conflict between registered trademarks, enterprise names and the prior civil rights has been increasing sharply in China. This has created widespread concern and is fast becoming a hot and difficult issue in the trials of intellectual property rights.
China's copyright laws offer limited help to the multi-national music labels on preventing internet users from illegally downloading music from search…