Promulgated: October 12 2002Effective: October 15 2002Applicability: This judicial Interpretation shall take precedence over all previous law that conflicts…
October 31, 2002
Intellectual Property
Promulgated: October 12 2002Effective: October 16 2002Applicability: The Interpretation is also applicable to trademarks for services (Article 23). The…
October 31, 2002Building on prior rules protecting trademarks, the government has issued new guidelines on how trademark dispute cases should be heard.
October 31, 2002Recent legislation from different government bodies have brought IP protection for software to a new level, but questions remain.
October 31, 2002Promulgated: September 17 2002Effective: October 17 2002Interpreting authority: State Administration for Industry and CommerceApplicability: …
October 02, 2002The 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
October 02, 2002Amendments 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.
October 02, 2002This set of regulations supplements various provisions in the amended PRC Trademark Law effective on December 1 2001.
October 02, 2002The 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).
October 02, 2002Organizing 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.
October 02, 2002