Intellectual Property

Timothy Bickham, Wendy Wysong and Ali Burney of Steptoe & Johnson review the new rules relating to the export of semiconductors from the United States and the impact this will have on tech companies' existing and future business operations and how IP contracts will be affected.

CSRC plans to exempt foreign investors from short-term profit rules; Foshan Government vastly increases financial support for overseas IP protection; BNP Paribas gains regulatory approval from CBIRC for wealth management joint venture with Agricultural Bank of China.

Guidance for CFIUS assessments; Possibility of PBOC intervention against falling RMB; China leads in blockchain patent applications

The Supreme People's Court has made a ruling in what has become China's first patent linkage case. Fang Qi and Danlei Wu of Fangda Partners examine the potentially far-reaching implications of this significant decision

Zhenyu Ruan, Yangdi Zhao of Baker McKenzie FenXun (FTZ) Joint Operation highlight notable legal developments in the three main legal areas of the virtual world called the metaverse, namely cryptocurrency regulation, NFT copyright infringement and data privacy

Nate Bush and Della Ding of DLA Piper and Ray Xu of Shanghai Kaiman Law Firm assess the implications for dominant firms of recent amendments to China's key anti-monopoly legislation and proposed revisions to its implementing rules.

SAMR defines the relevant product market for antitrust involving IP

A U.S. prosecutor has raised concerns over China's data retention policy. Another foreign brand, Manolo Blahnik, wins its case in a two-decade-long trademark fight. The CAC imposes a fine of more than RMB 8 billion on Didi for serious violations of national and data security.

Revised Anti-monopoly Law includes provisions on hub and spoke conspiracies