Legal

DLA Piper has appointed taxation law specialist Patrice Marceau as a partner in Hong Kong. Marceau has extensive experience in advising corporations and…

Prosecutors in China will investigate cases "which people care about deeply" in 2007, according to the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP).The cases are…

The National People's Conference (NPC) enacted its first law specifically protecting private property rights on the final day of its annual two-week session…

China's Supreme People's Court (SPC) will not change sentences in death penalty cases, according to Chinese news agency Xinhua. Instead, if it finds errors…

In order to be recognized as a headquarters or regional headquarters, the institution must satisfy four conditions. Many incentives are provided to foreign investors for establishing headquarters or regional headquarters.

China continues to develop its legal regime protecting the creation and development of new plant varieties with the issuance of new rights and remedies available for infringement disputes involving new plant varieties.

This interpretation sets out who is entitled to sue in court when a right in the new variety of plant has been infringed, what constitutes an infringement, how specialized issues are resolved, and what remedies are available.

Wen Jie and Richard Wageman discuss the development of the exponentially growing franchising market in China, against which the most recently promulgated franchising legislation is interpreted.

By Paul McKenzie and Fraser Mendel, Morrison & Foerster LLPThe Partnership Enterprise Law, originally promulgated on February 23, 1997, was amended…