Intellectual Property

Timeline of Apple's ongoing dispute with Proview Technology Shenzhen

Chinese officials confiscated Apple's iPads from shops last week as Proview Technology began to assert its trademark rights

There is more to dispute resolution in China than meets the eye. By making strategic choices, foreign businesses can maximise their chances of winning anti-monopoly and IP disputes

The Catalogue has been revised since the 2007 revision. Venture investment enterprises and intellectual property services are added to the encouraged category while the manufacture of assembled automobiles is removed from the category.

The prior art defence strategy has become increasingly important and popular for alleged infringers in patent cases. However, its framework suffers from uncertainty and some technical defects

New developments in e-commerce regulation bring the issue of intellectual property infringement and the liability of e-commerce operators to light. A landmark case in China removed the defence of the “Safe Harbor Principle” for the first time, and should serve as an admonition to online platforms

Online businesses operating in a legal limbo

China recently released proposed Trademark Law amendments. Although they represent helpful steps forward to strengthen trade mark protection, areas remain that require further consideration

New measures set out procedures for registration authority, documentation requirements and the timeframe for the recordation of patent licences in China. Foreign patentees should take note of several administrative points the rules outline