Intellectual Property

Promulgated: September 17 2002Effective: October 17 2002Interpreting authority:  State Administration for Industry and CommerceApplicability: …

The new copryright law implementing regulations are intended to bring China's copyright regime closer to full compliance with the TRIPs Agreement of the World Trade Organization

Amendments to the PRC Trademark Law, prompted by China's entry into the World Trade Organization, entered into effect on December 1 2001. 1 On August 3 2002, the State Council promulgated the PRC Trademark Law Implementing Regulations (Implementing Regulations), which supplement various provisions in the amended Trademark Law.

This set of regulations supplements various provisions in the amended PRC Trademark Law effective on December 1 2001.

The PRC State Council published the new Copyright Law Implementing Regulations (the Regulations) on August 2 2002, almost a year after the Copyright Law was amended. The new Regulations are mainly intended to bring China's copyright regime closer to full compliance with the TRIPs Agreement of the World Trade Organization (WTO).

Organizing a predictable system for the development of agriculture is of pressing concern as China faces the new century. The legal environment is offering new chances for foreign plant breeders to commercialize their varieties in China.

The Ministry of Information Industry and the China Internet Network Information Center recently issued separate pieces of legislation that aim to bring China's freewheeling internet sphere under additional legislative control.

Baker & McKenzie   The results of a recent China Internet Network Information Centre (CNNIC) report suggest a rapidly growing internet…

The PRC State Council published the new Copyright Law Implementing Regulations (the Regulations) on August 2 2002, almost a year after the Copyright Law was amended. The new Regulations are mainly intended to bring China's copyright regime closer to full compliance with the TRIPs Agreement of the World Trade Organization (WTO).