Legal

• Ministry of Finance and State Administration of Taxation, Circular on Issues Concerning the Enterprise Income Tax Policy for Technology Transfers by Tax-resident Enterprises

  财政部、国家税务总局关于居民企业技术转让有关企业所得税政策问题的通知

  Tax circular issued to clarify scope of technology transfers.

  March 07, 2011

• Ministry of Health, Circular on Revising the Examination and Approval Authority for Sino-foreign Equity and Cooperative Joint Medical Institutions

  卫生部关于调整中外合资合作医疗机构审批权限的通知

  Approval of joint medical institutions delegated to provincial-level departments.

  March 07, 2011

• State Council, Circular on Issues Relevant to Improving the Regulation and Control of the Real Property Market

  国务院办公厅关于进一步做好房地产市场调控工作有关问题的通知

  State Council's eight articles to further curb property prices.

  March 07, 2011

• Supreme People's Court, Supreme People's Procuratorate and Ministry of Public Security, Opinion on Several Issues Concerning the Application of the Law in Handling Criminal Cases of Intellectual Property Infringement

  最高人民法院、最高人民检察院、公安部关于办理侵犯知识产权刑事案件适用法律若干问题的意见

  SPC issues an opinion to combat online infringement.

  March 07, 2011

• Companies must carefully consider how IPO proceeds will be used

  Post-IPO share price drops may trigger new pricing rules

  March 07, 2011

• Determine what can be copyrighted and establish protection regime

  Being proactive in planning rights ownership helps enforcement

  March 07, 2011

• Parallel remedies for the revocation of patents

  Lex OrbisSwati [email protected] Delhi High Court recently dealt with the question of maintainability of proceedings for the revocation of patents…

  March 07, 2011

• China's environmental laws receiving greater attention

  Jin Mao PRC LawyersJie Yuan and Rogers [email protected]; [email protected] the rapid development of the Chinese economy, environmental…

  March 07, 2011

• Race to take advantage of new openness from Taiwan

  Chen & Lin Attorneys-at-LawYing-Yi [email protected] April 30 2009, after decades of intense political enmity, a major milestone was achieved…

  March 07, 2011

• Risky business in permanent establishments

  A recent notice provides clarity on what activities of a Permanent Establishment are subject to taxation. This should prompt foreign businesses to re-evaluate their set-up structure

  March 07, 2011